He stepped back to the kitchen. Maria Shevick gave him a cup of coffee. His first of the day. She asked them to stay for breakfast. She would fix it. They could all eat together, like a party. Reacher wanted to say no. The food was for the old folks themselves, not random guests. Plus he wanted to get out of there before the sun came up. While it was still dark. It was likely to be a busy day. There was a lot to do. But the breakfast idea seemed to mean something to the Shevicks, and Abby was OK with it, so he said yes. Much later he wondered exactly how much different the day would have turned out, if he hadn’t. But he didn’t think about it for long. Spilled milk. Wasted energy. Move on.
Child, Lee. Blue Moon (Jack Reacher) (p. 223). Random House Publishing Group. 2019, Kindle edition.
so far, he was chased by both the Ukranians and Albanians, and has not found out the hideout of Maxim Trulenko, and here is another bill of eleven thousand dollars, to be filled by the end of the day, well, what a sense of gloom it is ...
