fault

by nick nelson

maybe you should reconsider. that would be unkind. pete came by last ight i don’t know what he was expecting. everybody says the same thing. let it go. you don’t understand. this is getting to be not a joke. remember the last time something like this happened. i remember very well. it was all eddie’s fault. some people blamed tony. not me. suddenly the doorbell rang. how can this happen? it was supposed to be guaranteed. can i help you? is fred ingersoll here? never heard of him. but does he live here? yes or no? no. you back there, are you fred ingersoll? no. do you know hm? ever hear of him? no, no, and no. i asked you two questions, not three. i do not know any fred ingersoll, and never heard of him. thank you. i have a message for fred ingersoll. leave it somewhere else. i was instructed to leave it here. since neither of us know fred ingeroll, or ever heard of him, it probably will not get passed on. i am going to leave it here. do what you got to do. all right - oh no! what? the piece of paper i had the message for fred ingersoll on - i don’t have it too bad. it must have fallen out of my pocket when i put my hand in it to make sure it was there. could be. these things happen. it must be blowing down the street right now. that’s always a possibility. which way does the wind blow around here? down the street. thank you, that’s very helpful. what are you, sarcastic? we didn’t invite you here. sorry, i did not mean to be rude. if i find the message, i wll be back. take your time. goodbye for now. where were we? you were saying it was eddie’s fault. and you were saying it was tony’s . that sounds about right. that guy. what guy? the guy who was just here. what about him? i bet he was fred ingersoll. i suppose he could have been. stranger things have happened. all the time.