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- Episode Thirty-One - Postscript
An explanation of the genesis and evolution of An Adequate Vocabulary, and an clarification of biographical details you could not have known, and about which I may be the only one who cares.
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10 min - Episode Thirty - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
In the final episode we suffer with Mick through the tedium of the DNA analysis, which in the end raises as many questions as it answers. We find the truth of Mick's parentage and birth, and experience the conflicted news of Meghan's pregnancy. And in a brief coda, Mick finally pays the price he knew had to come due. And so, we bid adieu...
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35 min - Episode Twenty-Nine - No Good Deed
Mick does a favor for Billy Baxter, that comes back to bite him. When Billy is arrested, he tries to cut a deal with the police by fingering Mick as a person of interest in a wrongful death: the death of Danny Boy Boyle, the old man in the alley. So, our hero is in trouble with the police, and with his blushing bride.
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31 min - Episode Twenty-Eight - Then Comes Marriage
Mick still seems to have trouble not using violence (or a perceived threat thereof) to accomplish his desired ends. At least this one is on the down low. Despite occasional stumbles on the way to the promised land, Meghan and Mick take the leap, and go public through matrimony.
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34 min - Episode Twenty-Seven - First Comes Love
As their relationship deepens, Meghan and Mick start the process of discovery, some accidental, and some by design. But the process is neither smooth nor sure.
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33 min - Episode Twenty-Six - Holidays
Meghan and Mick try to put some definition around there business and personal relationships. While spending Thanksgiving together presents it's own challenges, being alone together at Christmas is when questions arise, and even inadequate answers are, for the time, enough.
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36 min - Episode Twenty-Five - Coming Together
St. Patty's at the Pavilion, and Mick gets to use more than his low voice and menace. Stopping a robbery, and taking a bullet in the bargain, Mick emerges as the hero of the hour. So the owner of the Pavilion, Meghan LaPorte (yes, that Meghan), stops by to thank Mick personally, and hires him to work at her health club.
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32 min - Episode Twenty-Four - Movin' On
So, Guero agrees to the manner in which he will pay his debt to Don Mendez. In return he is provided transportation back to the States, a new identity, and a wad of cash to send him on his way. After a sojourn of several months in New Mexico, Guero hops on a bicycle and heads east. All the way back to Massachusetts, where he eventually comes to a stop in Worcester, the place he will once again try to find himself.
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34 min - Episode Twenty-Three - Managua
Guero and friends manage to escape the jungle, and make their way safely to Managua. But Managua is not safe, and Guero falls back into the abyss, only to be saved by an unexpected helping hand.
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33 min - Episode Twenty-Two - Curandera
- At long last, Meghan finds her way back home. She reunites with Triese, helps as she knows how to, and puts her money to work. Back in Nicaragua, Guero and his impromptu retinue make use of a curandera to help with their battle scars, before it is time to move on.
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About A Writer Reads
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Serial reading and discussion of my novel, An Adequate Vocabulary, in my own voice.