Um, "gloaming dusk" is redundant -- those are two nouns that mean the same thing!
"Gloaming" is meant as an adjective.
“Out of The Mist”
Chapter 146 of ? …
“How the hell am I supposed to know where they went? I've been right here riding with you!”
“Well then, call 'em!”
“What the fuck do you think I've been trying to do? They aren't answering. Pull over for the ambulance!”
“He's in the other lane, coming at us. I don't need to pull over.”
“The hell you don't! We're in a bumfuck, backwoods, burg, and we don't need getting stopped by the local pig! Now, pull over, you idiot!”
“Yes, Mom! Answer your phone, maybe it's them.”
“I think it's Harrison.”
“Fuck! Answer it anyway. He'll only make it worse if we try avoiding him.”
“Hello? ... Yes, sir! ... No, sir! … We're in some backwater called Pennupskat, New Hampshire. … Right now we don't know. … We've lost 'em for the moment, but we're scouting out this hole to see if they've stopped somewhere. … We don't know where our guys are, either. … Some old geezers in a Bentley were straddling the line and holding up traffic. … There wasn't anything we could do! … Of course we'll keep looking! … They aren't answering. … That's just an ambulance going the other way. … Yes! We'll find them! … Yes, sir! … As soon as we find them! … “
“He just hung up, and he's pissed!”
“Shit! We can't blow this!”
“Don't you fucking think I know that? Hey! Go around the block, and hit the McDonald's drive through.”
“We don't have time for that, Dipshit!”
“No! Seriously! I think I saw something! Just fucking do it! We can use some grub, anyway.”
“Well, I'll be damned. There's that fucking Bentley with the van and Jeep! Ollie, Dave, Dan, and is that fucking Ryan? Shit! Good spot! Now, what the fuck do you want to order?”
“We can sit in the Walmart parking lot across the street, and keep an eye on them while we chow.”
“Do you see our dudes anywhere? Are they answering? Any word?”
“Nope! Nothing! But, we can't loose our main prey! Hey! I said Large fries! This is a medium!”
“Oh, just shut the fuck up, and chew! We'll have to move when they do.”
Ryan:
After the sheriff had picked up Arie's catch, and everyone else had left to go back to Harbour Home, Pete, Mark, Cat, and I, were sitting around the table, with Rafe “lounging” next to us.
Cat had given Rafe a choice between pain meds, or beer. He chose the brew.
“You realize that's going to mean the urine pitcher, since you're not yet able to get out of bed.”
“I think I can handle that, as long as you turn your back.”, Rafe assured her, with a devilish grin.
“Don't be getting sassy with me, young man! I've seen it all by now!”, she smirked.
“Maybe so.”, Rafe slyly returned. “But, not Me, yet!”
“O.K., y'all.”, Pete spoke up. “Rather than isolating him, I think we will leave Rafe right here, and I'll show you two your accommodations.”
It was then I told them I'd be happy with, and would prefer, the couch. Since what had happened to Rafe was mainly my fault, there was no way I was letting him out of my sight. I was sticking with him, no matter what, even if that meant dealing with bed pans, and such.
Cat, and Pete, sort of exchanged a smirk, and wink.
Yeah! They both probably knew more about those things than I did. However, I was going to learn, come “Hell” or “High Water”! (No pun intended.) I owed Rafe at least that much, and a lot more!
“Well! In that case … “, Mark spoke up. “Let me show you your room, Cat, and I'll get some sheets, and blankets, for you, Ry.”
As we were settling in for the night, I knew that Mark and Pete's guys were out there somewhere, in the woods, with their guns, and I took comfort in that, though they probably weren't all that comfortable.
Gary:
The interior of the Bentley was more impressive than my living room, and even smelled better! I loved leather!
That didn't unease my trepidation of riding with Arie, after all we had exposed.
He glanced at me. “Relax, Buddy. I'm not going to arrest you, at least not just yet. I'm still mulling everything over. If we work it all out just right, we might be able to nail Paddy, one way or another. And, I don't want to screw that up with technicalities. I think we can all work together for a bigger cause.”
“Don't relax too much, though. We both know there will have to be some sort of justice realized eventually. Let me just say that all of us need yours, and Cat's, co-operation right now. When this is resolved, then we'll have to talk.”
“Thank you for that!”, I demurred.
“Look.”, he added. “I've known you for years, and consider you a friend. I can only imagine what you, and Cat, must have been going through. I wish you had confided in me earlier, but things went they way they did, and we can't change that. We have to move on from where we are now.”
It wasn't my wisest move, but I had to know. I asked what he was thinking about Hunter.
He kind of snorted, while gliding us through sleepy Pennupskat, behind the van and Jeep.
“Yes. He is a very sensitive one. Not only was he an excellent officer, he was also a great guy that I held in my heart as a son. We both knew him since the day he was born. And, though I know that what you did wasn't personal, it still hurts. And, I think you agree with me. I think I know how much it must have pained you to have to do what you did to him. And, I can even understand why you felt you had to do that. However, that doesn't lessen the pain. And, I can also fathom that it's likely more hurtful for you.”
“I do regret him the most.”, I quietly admitted.
“If it will help, as it's helping me, know that there are more interests, and more happening, than I can tell you right now. There is still hope of finding him. And, I can't say more than that, right now.”
One of the phones, that I hadn't noticed were in the console bin, began ringing.
“Don't answer that.”, Arie directed. “It's one of the ones I took from those two goons.”