I started to tell her it was a case of mistaken identity, but Shelia ground her high heel into my foot. I recognized this tatic as didactic<\/b>.
\n“There’s been a real dearth<\/b> of you around here. You didn’t even call.” The cat-suited woman said.
\nI tried to look contrite<\/b>, hoping Shelia would give me a clue.
\nShelia rose to the occasion. “JK, we meet at last.” She held out her hand to shake.
\nJK gave Shelia a contentious<\/b> look, but spoke to me instead, “I suppose she is the reason you haven’t been around?” She jerked her thumb at Shelia.
\n“Oh! Not at all!” I demurred<\/b>. “I’ve been an unwilling guest of Dr. Cool.”
\nJk laughed with derision<\/b>. “How credulous<\/b> do you think I am?”
\n“Darling,” I thought fast, “I’m culpable<\/b> for clumsiness only. I foolishly fell into a trap. But at no time did I stop thinking of you.”
\nJk launched into a diatribe<\/b>, pointing out any and all of Mr. Anderson’s sins. she pointed out each fault as if she was a connoisseur<\/b> of shortcomings. I could barely maintina my decorum<\/b> during the onslaught, and I wasn’t even the intended target.
\nI tried desperately to think up any excuse, no matter how convoluted<\/b> in fear she might push us into the mutant corn. But I knew she would only react with cynicism<\/b> to anything I might say.
\nFinally, Shelia just interrupted her, “What do you do with highly caustic corn?”
\nJK halted, mid-rant, “We desiccate<\/b> it and mail it to Flagstaff.”
\nShelia said, “To Acme toxic waste, right? I read a research article about it, but it seemed like the article had been desiccated<\/b> before publishing.”
\nJK said, “I think research articles are like that by convention<\/b>. Here, get in my dune buggy and I’ll take you to our secret lair.”
\nIt was the same dune buggy Dr. Cool had captured us in earlier. Was this another trap?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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