March 1, 1987
Transcript of phone call from Harold Hamlin (Westport) to Iowa Walsh (40 Nights Motel room 7)
IOWA: Hello?
HARRY: Howdy, Walsh.
IOWA: Harry.
HARRY: Sorry I didn’t call sooner, the basement flooded at the office, I’ve had my hands full.
IOWA: Yeah.
HARRY: You okay?
IOWA: Yeah, sorry, just been a long week, I guess.
HARRY: Look, Walsh… I’m sorry I sent you-
IOWA: Don’t.
HARRY: No, really. I really think there’s a story in this Ivan Murtin thing, but if you want to come
home, I-
IOWA: Really, Harry, it’s okay. I… I dunno, I think this might be good for me.
HARRY: [Laughing] I didn’t really get that from your letter.
IOWA: Yeah, sorry about that. I was just stressed, I guess. I don’t know. I was stagnating in Westport.
The Cove is weird, but at least it’s a change of scenery.
HARRY: “The Cove.” Listen to you, you sound like a native already.
IOWA: How would you know what natives sound like?
HARRY: Touché. How’s the investigation going?
IOWA: Slow.
HARRY: Uhuh. What about these sources you wrote me about? Uh, North and McGraw?
IOWA: ‘Source’ might be a bit of a stretch.
HARRY: Huh?
IOWA: They hardly knew Ivan more than I do.
HARRY: Know.
IOWA: Huh?
HARRY: They hardly know Ivan.
IOWA: Right.
HARRY: If they don’t know anything, how are they sources?
IOWA: They’re more like… acquaintances?
HARRY: Acquaintances?
IOWA: It’s good to have locals I know who can fill me in on what the town’s like. Y’know, little things
any resident would know but obviously I don’t.
HARRY: Alright. But I didn’t send you there to make friends, Walsh.
IOWA: Don’t be a dick.
HARRY: Speaking of dicks, Andrew keeps calling us asking about you.
IOWA: Ugh…
HARRY: Are you not taking his calls?
IOWA: No.
HARRY: Well… what do you want me to tell him?
IOWA: I don’t know, to stop calling?
HARRY: What do I tell him when he asks about you?
IOWA: Nothing.
HARRY: Walsh, I can’t just tell him nothing.
IOWA: Well, I’m telling you nothing, so I guess you’ll just have to make something up.
HARRY: Iowa-
IOWA: You get my latest article yet?
HARRY: I… yeah, the town profile?
IOWA: Yeah, that one.
HARRY: It’s running tomorrow.
IOWA: You like it?
HARRY: It’s fine.
IOWA: Wow, tell me how you really feel.
HARRY: If I praise you too much it’ll just go to your head.
IOWA: I pity your kids.
HARRY: Is there anything else I can do for you right now?
IOWA: I think that implies that you’ve ever done anything for me in the past.
HARRY: Har har.
IOWA: No, Harry, I’m fine.
HARRY: Alright, call if you need anything.
IOWA: Yeah.
HARRY: Take care.
End call.
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