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- Q1: what does "just a piece of all of it" mean? Eli leaned across the table. “Whatever she did, or planned to do, she didn’t deserve to die for it.” “You’re kinder than I. But we can take it back to its roots. Your an-cestor committed murder out of greed, cast off his own sister, for the same reasons. Without that, we wouldn’t be here. I’m really just a piece of all of it.” “Believing that may help you get through the next few weeks.” Eli got to his feet. Once more, Abra put a hand over his as she rose. “For the sake of your children, I hope your lawyer is as good as you believe.” “Thank you. I really wish both of you all the best.”He had to walk out, get out. “Jesus Christ” was all he could say when Abra gripped his hands. “Some people are twisted, in ways that don’t show. In ways they themselves don’t see or understand. It may be circumstances that twisted her, Eli, but she’ll never really see it.” “I could get her off,” he stated. “I could get her off with five years, and she’d only do two.”Q2: what does "she'd only do two"mean?August 7, 201510
- does "ease the blow"mean "relax"here? “It was horrible. The worst moment of my life. Everything I loved and believed in was slipping through my fingers. He said we’d tell the children over the weekend so we’d have plenty of time with them to ease the blow, and in the meantime, he’d sleep in the guest room, and we’d maintain a civilized front. I swear to you, I could hear Lindsay’s words coming out of his mouth, her way, her tone. You understand me?” she asked Eli. “Yeah, I do.”August 7, 201510
- what doe "I got caught up"here mean? “We should go back to bed.” Her smile was full of promise. “I bet I can help you sleep.” “There’s another reason I love you. You always have really good ideas.” But as he took her hand, he remembered. “Jesus, I got caught up.” “A habit of yours.” “No, I mean I forgot why I came out here in the first place, why I couldn’t sleep. I went up and started working on the books—the led-gers, the accounts.” “All those numbers and columns?” Instinctively she reached up to rub at temples she imagined ached. “You should have nodded off inside five minutes.” “I found it, Abra. I found Esmeralda’s Dowry.” “What? How? My God, Eli! You’re a genius.” She grabbed him, cir-cled and swayed. “Where?” “It’s here.”July 30, 201510
- what does "that's what's coloring it"mean? what does "color"here mean? “What did I miss?” He lowered his hand to Barbie’s head when she leaned against him. “You said you had kids. You’re married.” “That’s right.” “How many times?” She let out a laugh. “Just the one. It’s worked out pretty well.” “That might be it. You haven’t gone through the dark side. Maybe I’m wrong and that’s what’s coloring it. But I don’t think so. The only way to be sure is to box him in. That’s what I’m going to do, here, on my turf. In my place.” She let out a sigh. “I can help.” “Yeah, I think you can.” When he’d finished talking to her, he felt lighter somehow. “You know what?” he said to the dog. “I’m going to work for a couple hours, remind myself what my life’s supposed to be about. You can hang with me.” He left the past, and what would come behind it, and went down to surround himself with the now.July 30, 201510
- what does "we hit the highlights, or more like the lowlights."mean? “Do you want to go in, talk to some of the neighbors?” “No point. The cops would have already. Suskind wouldn’t have come here other than to go through the apartment. Not only because he wouldn’t have a reason to meet Duncan here, but because this area would scare him. South Boston’s not his turf.” “It’s not yours either, whiskey baron.” “That’s my father, or my sister the baroness. Anyway, I’ve done some pro bono work out of Southie. Not my turf, no, but not uncharted ter-ritory. Well, I guess we hit the highlights, or more like the lowlights.”July 24, 201510
- what does "steel and block"mean? “Very.” She considered. “He probably never came here, did he, to the office?” “Probably not. He’d want to meet somewhere like a coffee shop or bar. Not in his area or Duncan’s.” Eli pulled up at another building— steel and block. “This is where he lived?” “Second floor. Dicey area.” “What does that tell you?” “That Duncan felt he could handle himself, wasn’t worried about his car getting stripped, his neighbors screwing with him. Tough guy maybe, or just one who figured he knew the score and how to play the game. Someone like that wouldn’t think twice about meeting a client alone.” “Do you want to go in, talk to some of the neighbors?” “No point. The cops would have already. Suskind wouldn’t have come here other than to go through the apartment. Not only because he wouldn’t have a reason to meet Duncan here, but because this area would scare him. South Boston’s not his turf.”Q2: what does " car getting stripped"mean?July 24, 201520
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