E E ty muc for a fact. I knos of tory t just plain aint    so. Any family. tories gets passed on and truts passed over. As take as meanin t trut pete. But I dont    believe t. I t    trut.

        It dont move about from place to plad it dont cime to time. You t    corrupt it any more t salt. You t corrupt it because ts    is.

        Its talkin about. Ive    pared to t disagree . But itll be . Quite a fe. But I never could find    out hem did believe.

        You alried to be available for your social events and I o tery ins of course. t    you    couldnt do it for t it I re and say    t you just didnt    em in around at nig I t goes deeper t.

        It is unity and it is respect, of course, but t you mig to admit or even rong indeed. Very strong indeed. You get t dont    to turn    loose. So any little t respect.

        I    t    in California t out rooms to old people and ty corture em first, I dont knoo say about    t. I quote from ted o    even try.

        But ts    took, youll notice. All t    bring    it.

        ts all rig. t a w else you    do.

        It AS ALMOSt A to Odessa and dark eo truckers on t jurisdi up tin a crime    t right old buddy.

        a city map at top and spread it out on t of t of a styrofoam cup. raced e on t on t beside d started the engine.

        t. As sook off    and    away sorry . S o he doorjamb.

        Im sorry mam, . Your . I just ed to talk to    you if I could.

        You aint lyin to me are you?

        No mam. I dont lie.

        You drove up here from Sanderson?

        Yes mam.

        did you .

        I just ed to visit tle bit. talk to you about your husband.

        ell you t e in o deat me get my coat.

        Yes mam.

        to t in a boot the rear and ordered coffee.

        You dont know w, do you.

        No I dont. I doold you.

        I know you did.

        ook off    and laid it in through his hair.

        You aint heard from him?

        No I aint.

        Nothin.

        Not word one.

        tress broug. how much    money did he give you?

        S ansart to say? .

        I started to say ts some more of your business, aint it.

        you just pretend I aint the sheriff.

        And pretend youre w?

        You know rouble.

        Lle dohin.

        Its not me rouble h.

        rouble hen?

        Some pretty bad people.

        Lleake care of hisself.

        Do you care if I call you Carla?

        I go by Carla Jean.

        Carla Jean. Is t all right?

        ts all rig care if I keep on callin you Sheriff do you?

        Bell smiled. No, s fine.

        All right.

        t quit.

        her. he never has.

        Bell nodded.    lapped and sed in to e. taking you hem.

        t t    t is.

        ell, ss why I married him.

        But you aint heard from him in a while.

        I didnt expect to hear from him.

        ere you all havin problems?

        e dont have problems. hen roblems we fix em.

        ell, youre lucky people.

        Yes we are.

        Sco ask me t, she said.

        About havin problems?

        About havin problems.

        I just wondered if you were.

        you kno and I dont?

        No. I could ask you thing.

        Except I    tell you.

        Yes.

        You t me, dont you.

        I dont know. has he?

        No. . I know him.

        You used to know him.

        I know .    ged.

        Maybe.

        But you dont believe t.

        ell, I guess in all y I    I never kne co say .

        ell    then.

        I s true.

        Do you really , Sheriff?

        Yes. I do.

        been ?

        No.    been .

        t dont mean    be.

        No. It dont. If    long.

        ell.    dead yet.

        I s more fort to you t is to me.

        table. co    turn t it in t guara t. Its t.

        You could put it in the papers anyway.

        Bell studied .

        Or .

        ouldnt t?

        I dont knoalkin about.

        All right.

        You care if I smoke? she said.

        I till in America.

        S tes out and lit one and turned    into    td? he said.

        I dont kno know o end. Do you?

        I kno.

        Like livin er?

        Somet.

        Lle.

        Bell nodded. You ougo be more     Im sayin.

        Sook a long pull on tte. Sudied Bell. S about as o be.

        o    t?

        he never has.

        nam.

        I mean as a civilian.

        he will.

        S answer.

        You    some more coffee?

        Im coffeed out. I didnt    o start h.

        Sy tables. t cas    eig over ter reading a magazine. My mamas got    cer, s got all t long to live.

        Im sorry to .

        I call o    even say it.

        Yes mam.

        S knoer s diagnosed so live    s. S worse.

        h her?

        I dont live    t ignorant. t temporary.

        Bell nodded.

        I o get back, she said.

        All rig a gun?

        Yea a gun. I guess you t bait settin up here.

        I dont know.

        But ts hink.

        I t believe its all t good a situation.

        Yeah.

        I just alk to him.

        I o t it.

        All right.

        Id die and live in urn snitd    t.

        I do uand t.

        I never did learn no scuts about t. I hope I never do.

        Yes mam.

        Ill tell you somet to .

        I    to .

        You mighink Im peculiar.

        I might.

        Or you mig anyway.

        No I dont.

        out of ill sixteen and I got a job at al-Mart. I didnt    knoo do. e    little it     before I    do ill    about    it e to me in tever it    if I     do    t. I didnt kno Id kno never been    in jail, but like you y-nintin goods    and it    and     me and    on. And directly ag and     me and    time do you get off? And t     no question in my mind. Not t no ever.

        ts a ory, Bell said. I    has a nidin.

        It    like t.

        I kno did. I appreciate you talkin to me. I guess Id better cut you loose, late as it is.

        Subbed out te. ell, s to do    er t you done.

        Bell picked up    and put it on and squared it. ell,    you    . Sometimes turns out all right.

        Do you really care?

        About your husband?

        About my husband. Yes.

        Yes mam. I do. terrell ty o look after em. ts my job. I    get paid to be t one . Killed, for t matter. Id better care.

        Youre askio believe    youre t.

        Bell smiled. Yes mam, . I just     makin up a    trouble s killed t to live . But I    do it. I just    you to t if you .

        All right.

        I ask you somethin?

        You    ask.

        I kno supposed to ask a     be a bit curious.

        ts all rigeen. I look younger.

        how long have you all been married?

        t three years.

        Bell nodded. My    a fe in t. I t. Are you ready?

        S    again and    eased up from t tes in    ell    you someteen is old enougo kno if you    somet means to you its all t more likely itll get took aeen    matter. I t t.

        Bell nodded. I aint a strao ts, Carla Jean. ts is very    familiar to me.

        still mostly dark out    table and reache phone.

        Sheriff Bell, he said.

        ened for about tes. te you callin me. Yep. Its    just out and out    is. I dont kno.

        of t nine-fifteen in t in t tos taken    ihree hours earlier.

        to em, the sheriff said.

        I hear you, said Bell.

        Dead bodies i. Citizens businesses all s up. Peoples cars. hing?

        ake a look?

        Yeah. e    go over.

        treet ill roped off but t muco see. t of tel    reet.

        tires and glass s out of t-metal tle rings of    bare steel around toreet    s up and the blood hosed away.

        in tel do you re?

        Some Mexi dopedealer.

        tood smoking. Bell reet. ood. s grinding in tte    into treet. You go up Adams t a rail.

        Goin yon way, I re.

        If    caug looks to me    like tin toel and up treet yonder both.

        do you re terse taway?

        I got no idea, Ed tom.

        to tel.

        kind of shells did you all pick up?

        Mostly nine millimeter gun    a sgun and    two maeguns.

        Fully automatic?

        Sure. ?

        .

        tairs. tel    up.

        tclerk got killed. About as bad a piece of luck as you could have, I re.

        Caugray round.

        c?

        Righe eyes.

        to tood. Somebody o be towels.    s, Bell said.

        s.

        tclerk.

        s?

        No sir.

        makes you say t?

        You get t and youll see.

        are you sayiom? t t h a Blad Decker?

        ts pretty close. Ill let you t it.

        Driving back to Sanderson it began to snoo t just before dark.    from tc ed and turned in t.

        t in ttle diningroom and ate. S on music, a violin certo. t ring.

        Did you take it off the hook?

        No, she said.

        ires must be down.

        Ss just t makes people stop and think.

        Bell nodded. I    es a blizzard then.

        Do you remember t time it snowed here?

        No, I t say as I do. Do you?

        Yes I do.

        .

        Itll e to you.

        Oh.

        Se.

        ts nice, Bell said.

        is?

        the music. Supper. Bein home.

        Do you tellin truth?

        I do. Yes.

        Do you t boy is still alive?

        I dont know. I hope he is.

        You may never    any of this.

        Its possible. t    be t t?

        No, I guess it .

        You t t oo kill one anot I expect    some cartel ake it over sooner or later and t dealin . too muc. t try    boys. It    be long, her.

        hink he has?

        the Moss boy?

        Yes.

        o say. Could be in t too many millions.    out of    t.

        Did you    some coffee?

        Yes I would.

        S to tor and broug to table and poured    do dont e    put up .

        I better not do it then.

        Do you think hell send for her?

        Bell stirred    eaming spoon above t    in t know, .

        teenton    and to tanks. Gas flares, pale in told o e in    and told o s t even turn around.    tood    t. tand.

        turned and looked at on C, is t    correct?

        Yessir, ts correct.

        see him?

        November ty-eig year.

        o remember te?

        I dont o remember it. I remember dates. Numbers.

        tanding beainless    steel and    and t anyt. Not a picture or a piece of paper.

        Nothing.

        e got a loose on    and    a bunoney.

        Yessir. I uand t.

        You uand t.

        Yessir.

        ts good. Im glad Ive got your attention.

        Yessir. You tention.

        took out a steel box and unlocked t and    took out a card and closed t and put it a ells and ells stepped forook it.

        You pay your oly.

        Yessir.

        t y-four hour period.

        ts up from a thousand.

        Yessir.

        how well do you know Chigurh.

        ell enough.

        ts not an answer.

        do you    to know?

        tapped    like to know your    opinion of he invincible Mr Chigurh.

        Nobodys invincible.

        Somebody is.

        ?

        Some as somew    vulnerable.

        ts a belief t you have?

        No. Its called statistics. Just how dangerous is he?

        ells so    you    called me.    so y of them around.

        -out at Eagle Pass yesterday.

        A s-out?

        A s-out. People dead is. You dohe papers.

        No sir, I dont.

        udied ells. Youve led somet you Mr ells?

        In all y I t say t c to do .

        Yes, t else.

        I guess ts it. ere these Pablos men?

        Yes.

        Youre sure.

        Not in t you mean. But reasonably sure. t ours.    t colossal goatfuck a fe. All right?

        All rig .

        Good ing, as o say. Once upon a time. In the long ago.

        thing?

        Sure.

        I couldnt e back up in t elevator, could I?

        Not to this floor. hy?

        I    ied. Security. Aleresting.

        It recodes itself after every trip. A randomly geed five digit number. It doesnt print    out any to you    and you pun. Does t ansion?

        Nice.

        Yes.

        I ted treet.

        And?

        theres a floor missing.

        Ill o look into it.

        ells smiled.

        You    see yourself out? the man said.

        Yes.

        All right.

        Ohing.

        is t.

        I    my parking ticket validated.

        tly. ttempt at humor I suppose.

        Sorry.

        Good day, Mr ells.

        Right.

        to tel tic ribbons    up out of tanding at the old clerk had been. Yessir, he said.

        I need a room, ells said.

        Yessir. Is it just yourself?

        Yes.

        And for s    be.

        Probably just the one.

        touro study t tired of people asking,    w    o your el?

        Im not supposed to discuss it.

        ts all right.

        t be cas card?

        Cas?

        Fourteen plus tax.

        . Altogether.

        Sir?

        I said    altogeto tell me    is. Give me a figure.

        All in.

        Yessir. t eey.

        ere you ook place?

        No sir. I only started erday. t my sed s.

        t is it youre not supposed to discuss?

        Sir?

        time do you get off?

        Sir?

        Let me rep.    time is your s over.

        tall and t. ed briefly over    tel. As if t be somet to    came    on at six,    is over at two.

        And wo.

        I dont know he dayclerk.

        before last.

        No sir. he dayclerk.

        ty t before last. here is he?

        h us anymore.

        yesterdays paper here?

        out.

        All righ some ice.

        Sir?

        Im just pulling y. You o relax. t ing back. I    pretty near    guara.

        Yessir. I o . I didnt even    to take this job.

        ells smiled and tapped top and     up tairs.

        o find tape still across bot on to     out    and    in turned on t. eet    bato tret ter a    to turment in ttom and took    out a suede leatolcase. ook out a stainless steel .357    revolver and    back to took off s and stretc again ol beside him.

        dark.    to tain. Ligreet. Long reefs of dull red cloud racked over tern    tol in    and pulled    outside of rousers to cover it and    out and do.

        It took    fifteen seds to get into Mosss room and    t disturbing tape.    tood t looking things over.

        t to .    into t    and ble t and udied t.    t tanding quartero them again.

        into to tub    and t along trousers.    on tub and    tapped    on tiles.

        t in and closed turned and stood.

        t bee in. tohe    floor.

        ained    ain. I    cra paid.

        first ligreets and making notes in     you could still see bloodstains in te of t.    baain Street and    started again. Bits of glass in tters and along t     from curbside automobiles. t    out    you could see teardrop smears of lead t el. o tel and sat on teps and looked at treet. tec tre. Somet    t up and    reet and climbed tairs. tapped at ted. t in.

        A darkened room. Faint smell of rot. ood until omed to t t slumped.

        ells stood over tudying    tilted for of t of dried brainmatter    stuck to t of tton robe t     e on a dar on t     notice.    of    took a small camera from    pocket and took a couple of pictures    of t t again. Not    darling? old her.

        Moss ing . A    motorcycle. A dog. urned o tting on a metal c t of flowers. he man said.

        Ive felt better. ho are you?

        My name is Carson ells.

        ho are you?

        I t you some flowers.

        Moss turned aring at there?

        ell, Id say t tht now.

        You.

        Yes.

        about t guy t e to tel.

        e    talk about him.

        talk then.

        I    make him go away.

        I    do t myself.

        I dont think so.

        Youre entitled to your opinions.

        If Acostas people    s t    so good.

        I didnt make out so good.

        Yes you did. You made out extremely well.

        Moss turhe man again. how long have you been here?

        About an hour.

        Just settin there.

        Yes.

        You dont o do, do you?

        I like to do o a time, if ts w you mean.

        You look dumbern tin there.

        ells smiled.

        you put them damn flowers down.

        All right.

        on table and sat ba the chair again.

        Do you kers is?

        Yeas a measurement.

        Its about ters of an inch.

        All right.

        ts ta round missed your liver by.

        Is t or told you?

        Yes. You knohe liver does?

        No.

        It keeps you alive. Do you know w you?

        Maybe    s me. Maybe it he Mexis.

        Do you know whe man is?

        No. Am I supposed to?

        Because    somebody you really    to knos tend to    futures. ent, in fact.

        ell good for him.

        Youre not listening. You o pay attention. t stop looking for you.

        Even if s t    make any differeo     to ill kill you. Just for having invenienced    him.

        I ttle more than invenience him.

        how do you mean.

        I t him.

        ?

        I sprayed double oug all over    believe it done    of    good.

        ells sat ba tudied Moss. You think you killed him?

        I dont know.

        Because you didnt.    into treet and killed every one of t bato tel. Like you mig a a paper or something.

        kill ever one of them.

        .

        You tellin me    ?

        I dont know.

        You mean well me.

        If you like.

        Is he a buddy of yours?

        No.

        I t maybe he was a buddy of yours.

        No you didnt.    on o Odessa?

        o Odessa?

        to kill your wife.

        Moss didnt ans ting    knoalkin about, he said.

        I brougographs.

        back do them.

        am I supposed to make of t? he said.

        I took tures tment on t up. till there.

        Youre full of s.

        ells studied urned and looked out t o do    his, do you?

        No.

        You just o find t there.

        I dont knoalkin about.

        You didnt take t, did you?

        product.

        t .

        No. I dont .

        ells nodded. ful. Maybe I s you io do.

        Maybe I should ask you.

        I dont io do anyt o. Youll e to me. Sooner or later. You    dont o give you my mobile phone number.

        makes you t just disappear?

        Do you knoook me to find you?

        No.

        About three hours.

        You mig get so lucky again.

        No, I mig. But t    be good news for you.

        I take it you used to h him.

        ho.

        this guy.

        Yes. I did. At oime.

        s his name.

        Chigurh.

        Sugar?

        Chigurh.

        cut a deal h him?

        ells sat bent fet paying attention, he said.

        Maybe I just dont believe w you say.

        Yes you do.

        Or I migake .

        Are you in a lot of pain?

        Some. Yeah.

        Youre in a lot of pain. It makes it o t me get the nurse.

        I dont need you to do me no favors.

        All right.

        is o be, timate bad-ass?

        I dont ts how I would describe him.

        how would you describe him.

        ells t about it. I guess Id say t    have a sense of humor.

        t aint a crime.

        ts not t. Im trying to tell you something.

        tell me.

        You t make a deal    me say it again. Even if you gave ill kill you. t ts ever    good odds.     transd money s or anyt.

        So    him.

        You asked about him.

        ell me.

        I guess because I t you to uand tion youre in it    kno you. But I kno cut out for    t youre not.

        ell see,    we?

        Some of us he money?

        I spent about t I just sort of    ble in.

        ells smiled. s. hink he found you?

        Moss didnt answer.

        about t?

        I kno again.

        ells smiled. ell good on you, he said.

        Yeah. Good on me.

        tcer on a plastic tray on table. Moss no more t it.

        Do you    some er? ells said.

        If I    somet son of a bito it.

        Its called a transponder, ells said.

        I knos called.

        Its not the only way he has of finding you.

        Yeah.

        I could tell you some t o know.

        ell, I go back to    said. I dont need no favors.

        Youre not curious to know well you?

        I know well me.

        hich is?

        Youd rathis sugar guy.

        Yes. Let me get you some er.

        You go to hell.

        ells sat quietly     knoalkin about. Ill take you out s .

        ells smiled. tle s toe of    and    uncrossed oe under o dust it and recrossed    do you do? he said.

        ?

        do you do.

        Im retired.

        did you do before you retired?

        Im a welder.

        Acetylene? Mig? tig?

        Any of it. If it    be .

        Cast iron?

        Yes.

        I dont mean braze.

        I didnt say braze.

        Pot metal?

        did I say?

        ere you in Nam?

        Yeah. I was in Nam.

        So was I.

        So    make me? Your buddy?

        I was in special forces.

        I t w you were in.

        I enant el.

        Bulls.

        I dont think so.

        And w do you do now.

        I find people. Settle ats. t sort of thing.

        Youre a    man.

        ells smiled. A    man.

        ever you call it.

        t of people I tract o keep a lo like to get    involved in t dratention. t like the paper.

        Ill bet.

        t going to go a lucky and took out one or till    find you. to go. You    add to your troubles t t t do?

        Not to mention t agencies. Everybodys list     t. And its t. You o throw me a bone.

        I dont really o protect you.

        Are you afraid of this guy?

        ells she word Id use.

        You didion Bell.

        Bell. All right?

        I take it you dont think much of him.

        I dont t all. oe. Let me get t very fortable. t    you to t over.    alked about.

        ood and put a card on table o t Moss. You t call me but you    dont    too long. t money belongs to my t.

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