Chapters 35-37: Preacher Finds a Corpse - Bonus Audiobook Episode GP720
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Episode GP721 will be posted Monday morning at 8am Eastern / 5am Pacific and the other episodes each weekday thereafter.
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Episode GP720 Description
Evan recovers in a broken-down motor lodge and gets help from an unexpected ally and Arthur Redwine. Bob's last-minute plan to save the Emmett farm becomes clear.
GP720 Preacher Finds a Corpse - Chapters 35, 36 and 37 (25:41 minutes)
Chapter 35
Thursday Noon
Ak-Sar-Ben Motor Lodge
The Ak-Sar-Ben is a cluster of separate fifties-style bungalows, a haven for one-night-stand truckers and even shorter-term tryst-ers. The cabins are small and overheated. The microwave and the mini-fridge were new when Nixon was president. The Sony Trinitron TV screen is a CRT with knobs for controls. The ersatz wood paneling on the walls is lithographed vinyl laminate on plywood, a proud feature of the “recreation rooms” of a bygone era. Two small framed Audubon art prints show those ubiquitous, insolent mallard ducks.
Ducks!
The bathroom tile is linoleum, the counters Formica, and the carpet in the bedroom is worn down along the traffic pattern almost to the sisal backing. To Evan, the place smelled faintly of mothballs and disinfectant. But the bed linens were clean and the towels fresh. The horsehair blanket was old-school heavy and would keep a body toasty against the winter chill.
And the modest price was right because Evan’s sole credit card couldn’t take much more.
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