ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER
MONDAY 9 AM
It’s a new week. It’s morning and the phone is ringing off the hook at the front desk of the paper.
When I arrive, Sandy the receptionist gives me a dirty look.
“McLain, you think you are the only person here at the paper. The phones have been ringing constantly with information on your Ricardo Lopez case. Seems your article prompted a lot of memories, types of cars parked at Encanto on the day of the k********g, and various characters in the park. I have spent all morning so far just taking down notes for you. You know, there are other reporters and executives that work here.”
“Yes, but the potential homicide stories keep the reader’s interest and that is what keeps our circulation up and what pays our salaries.”
“I know my worth to the paper,”
