Sunday, April 5, 2026

Hunter Tom horseback 1

TOM: Do you worry about her?

HUNTER: Only mostly constantly. Not that she gives me any reason.   

TOM: Good grades?

HUNTER: Great grades. Never any trouble. 

TOM: Are you and her mother on good terms?

HUNTER: Barbara. We are. 

TOM: Does Chloe have a boyfriend? Or girlfriend.

HUNTER: So far as we know, she does not. 

TOM: Do you monitor her social media?

HUNTER: To the degree that we can. It's an honor system with evolving terms. 

TOM: Are Barbara's parents alive?

HUNTER: They are. John and Jan are retired attorneys in the Paso Robles area.

TOM: Well that ain't too far from San Luis Obispo, is it?

HUNTER: Half-hour. 

TOM: Are they in good health?

HUNTER: They are. Swim, hike and golf. John's sister Kate recently married and moved into her husband's house in Wilson, Wyoming.

TOM: I was there a little over a month ago.

HUNTER: Why?

TOM: Fishin' with the fella whose wife Wanda is staying with. Clem and Daisy. 

HUNTER: Kate and her husband have a cabin on Fish Creek.

TOM: So does Clem's cousin.  

HUNTER: Trout.

TOM: Cutthroat and brown.

HUNTER: Fly.

TOM: Yessir. When's the last time you fished? 

HUNTER: Forty years ago. I pulled a catfish out of manmade Lake Clementine.

TOM: In Auburn.

HUNTER: Yes. With my grandfather. 

TOM: Do you remember what bait you used?

HUNTER: The cricket he showed me how to put on the hook. Who taught you how to tie and fish with a fly?

TOM: My dad. 

HUNTER: Where?

TOM: We fished different places but more often than not the Medina River.


to be cont'd.

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