Bad Games

15



Back in the Highlander Caleb said, “That old man was weird.”

“You thought so, huh?”

“Yeah.”

“I thought he seemed friendly at first,” Patrick said. “But then he did get kinda weird, didn’t he?”

Caleb nodded.

Patrick glanced over at the bait container on the passenger seat. He grabbed it and raised it into the air so his son could see. “You wanna open it up and take a look?”

Caleb quickly shook his head.

“No?” Patrick smiled.

Caleb shook his head again.

“No creepy, crawly critters for Caleb?”

The boy smiled, but the answer was still an emphatic no.

Patrick smirked and set the container back down. “Okay…but we’re gonna have to look some time, brother-man.”