LOVE IN TEXAS
Nick used the time to make his daily check on the five-foot- long rat snake, which had gotten a little too clever at getting out of his aquarium lately.
“Methinks you’ve been getting a little help, hey, Sir Rodney? At least you don’t have some pesky reporter after you, wanting you to spill your guts because the public has a right to know. Don’t you believe it, pal.” He dropped some protein pellets into Rodney’s glass tank—to tide him over until his next serving of rodent sushi. “All you gotta do is keep your mouth shut. If you don’t talk, they can’t misquote you. Of course, then they might put words in your mouth, but there’s not much a man—sorry, a snake—can do about that.”
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