Even though rumors are swirling that Palmyra’s butcher, Nick, is on the hot seat, for some reason they hire one of his closest friends, Scott, as Southside’s meat cutter. Nick has been talking him up for months and they finally decided to pull the trigger on the guy.
Part of the wait is that he was only recently released from prison. And the morning that he starts, Dale, Craig and Edgar are coincidentally standing around in the Southside conference room, with the lights off, discussing strategy. This is a fairly common occurrence for many of them, as the two upstairs hallways and three offices all spill intothis intersection. Even though the overheads are left off, if the lights from those offices and the hallways aren’t enough, this bank of windows also helps brighten up the room. It overlooks the last aisle down below, half bulk and half frozen, and at this moment affords them another opportunity to observe this new butcher.
“Hoo hoo hoo,” Craig says, partiallya phrase and partially a chuckle, though all three are snickering.
“Wow,” adds Dale, shaking his head.
Of course, were Scott’s fist flying at one of their faces, they probably wouldn’t be laughing.
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