"Hello! Earth to
Rhonda! Put the phone back to your ear, darling. Tell me where
Seltsam is and I'll let you get back to... whatever it was you were
doing."
"Oh, I've been up to my eyeballs in what I've been doing -- !"
Julia nearly hung up the phone, but decided she had to try one more
trick before giving up. She leaned against the counter and tried to
make her voice sound threatening. "Tell me where Seltsam is or I'll
send you off God knows where!"
There was a sobering silence at the other end. "What?"
"You know what I mean. Zap! You're somewhere else. Only it'll be
worse than Tranquil. Worse than Wisconsin!"
"Arkansas?!" Rhonda shouted with disgust.
"What's so bad about -- I mean, yes, Arkansas! Right in the middle
of... of Hindsville! In Madison county. A dry county!"
"Oh God, no!" Rhonda wailed.
"Uncle Justin has the clipboard all ready... On the count of three?
One, two..."
"Stop! You win! It's Seltsam Way, the street behind the theater!"
"Where I just got hired? Was that all part of this too?!"
"Well, what do you think?" Rhonda said.
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