After having to step out for a moment so The Drew could change into pants, a shirt, and a tie, you meet him out in the parking lot as instructed. The Drew emerges, pulling on his trench coat and donning a fedora, even though it is pushing ninety degrees out in the southern Arkansas Pollen Season, known as Spring in some parts.
The Drew points at you and to his truck, an old beat up Toyota, with the letters T and o flaked off from the back emblem. "Get in the truck, you will. Ride along, you will."
You shrug and nod, climbing in the passenger seat. "Do you have a ... case or something?"
The Drew squints at you. "Sure as shit do, Rooookie Blaylock. Girl out here in the sticks says her sister went missing. Wants us to track her down."
"How long has she been missing?" You inquire.
The Drew closes one eye and looks at you. He holds a hand up to frame your face and switches eyes. "I'm not sure about Rookie. We may need a better nickname for you. Let's see," he snaps his fingers in the air around his head, "you're getting fast tracked by admin. Put you in the fast track. The fast lane. The express lane." He slaps the steering wheel and points at you. "Like the carpool lane! Carpool! Carpi! Carpi Diem! Carper's Bizarre!"
The Drew points at you and to his truck, an old beat up Toyota, with the letters T and o flaked off from the back emblem. "Get in the truck, you will. Ride along, you will."
You shrug and nod, climbing in the passenger seat. "Do you have a ... case or something?"
The Drew squints at you. "Sure as shit do, Rooookie Blaylock. Girl out here in the sticks says her sister went missing. Wants us to track her down."
"How long has she been missing?" You inquire.
The Drew closes one eye and looks at you. He holds a hand up to frame your face and switches eyes. "I'm not sure about Rookie. We may need a better nickname for you. Let's see," he snaps his fingers in the air around his head, "you're getting fast tracked by admin. Put you in the fast track. The fast lane. The express lane." He slaps the steering wheel and points at you. "Like the carpool lane! Carpool! Carpi! Carpi Diem! Carper's Bizarre!"