The Silent Hour (48 page)

    "There
are some people who have come to us because they really needed us. I'd like to
think we've done some good in those situations."

    "You
know
you have," she said.

    "Hell,"
Joe said, "you don't have to look at it like such a crossroads, Lincoln,
like it's a right turn or a left and you've got to make the decision now. Hang
at the stop sign for a while. Keep it in idle. We still get calls for case
work, you know that. Just because you take the calls doesn't mean you have to
take the cases. You can listen, and then you can decide."

    "That
seems right," I said, and it did. For now, that sounded like enough.

    I
would answer the phone when it rang. I would listen.