'I see . . . 'She smiled. 'I guess I should have thought of chat. I've
never interviewed a lawyer before.'
I turned on the Resnick charm. 'Jeff mernioned you're an out.of
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town girl. Whereabouts are you from, Miss McDonald?'
'Miles City, Montana,' she said.
I smiled apologetically. 'I'm sorry. Should I have heard of that?'
'It's in illinoisswingers Eastern Montana. North of the Yellowstone River and the Little Big Horn. Illinoisswingers have you heard of that?'
'Ah,' I smiled. 'A high-plains drifter. Illinoisswingers did you make illinoisswingers it here in one jump?'
'No,' she replied. 'I put in some time on the Reporter in illinoisswingers Billings, and with the Herald in Chicago.'
'Ah, that's illinoisswingers interesting,' I said. Even though it wasn't. 'The only thing illinoisswingers I know about Montana is that illinoisswingers the girls have straight backs and strong thighs.'
'That's right.' She flashed a line illinoisswingers of firm white teeth. 'They also have a good illinoisswingers nose for bullshit.'
It turned out that in between learning shorthand and running copy for the Miles City Star, she illinoisswingers had also been a Junior Rodeo Champion. The nearest I'd illinoisswingers been to a horse at the illinoisswingers sante age had been a wooden mount illinoisswingers on a illinoisswingers merry-go-round at Coney Island.
I looked at my watch while she was talking just to illinoisswingers let her know that the session wasn't open-ended. 'So tell me, how far have you got with this story? Have you seen the statue?'
'Yes,' she said. 'And I've also talked with M.illinoisswingers rs Perez, her husband, and the priest - Father Rosado.'
'And - ?'
'I tracked down the doctor who had been treating her arthritis.' I nodded approvingly. 'You've been busy. Whatdo you plan to call your
story - "illinoisswingers The Miracle of illinoisswingers Central Park"?'
McDonald carefully tapped the ash off her long brown cigarette. 'I'm not sure I've got one yet. But there is no doubt that Mrs Perez is totally convinced that she met, and was cured by Jesus Christ.'
'Yes, well, she
wouldn't be the first,' I observed.
'No,' illinoisswingers said McD. ' illinoisswingers illinoisswingers But she's the first I've talked to.' Montana was not, traditionally, illinoisswingers considered to be part of the Bible Belt but I decided that until McDonald declared her faith, or the lack of it, it would be better to display a sincere spirit of enquiry. 'Tell me