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The Littlest Client #50

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It was a half-hour drive to El Segundo and I sat in the backseat of Michael Richmond's car wondering if I was ever going to find out where Max Dolan was.

"Davy don't know nothin' neither, mister," Richmond said.

"Again with the double negatives? Geez, where'd you go to school anyway?"

"I got my learnin' on the streets," he said defiantly.

"Judging by how easily I found you and manhandled you into your own car I'd hate to see your report card. Probably all F's."

The sun was starting to go down. The night was about to come alive...

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    Christopher over 3 years ago

    I don't know if that's how they grade schoolwork across the pond, but here it's A through F, A being excellent and F being a failing grade.

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    Neville Hunt over 3 years ago

    F is indeed F for fail here. At uni we also have E, which is a marginal fail. It may be marginal, but it still is a fail, but an F means a serious screw-up. Sounds like things are gonna hot up, without fail!😁

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    Christopher over 3 years ago

    Yeah, the thermostat is definitely about to get turned up.

    We don't have E to my knowledge. It goes...

    A is excellent
    B is very good
    C is average
    D is passing but just barely
    F is fail.

    Not sure why they skipped E here.

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    Christopher over 3 years ago

    Thanks, Drew. Glad you're enjoying it.

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