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Nobody said anything to me.

But nobody argued with me — either.

Hell, it was obvious. I got up and dropped off the stand, making for the phone booth. I didn’t feel so good. But it was obvious:

Nobody likes to hear the truth. Makes you realize how not-so-good you really are. The truth hurts.

That was when I recognized the look in the kid’s eyes.

I finally got my hornman, that night.

He sounded like hell.