Finding out through instagram that his client was involved in a $10 million drug trafficking business wasn’t the surprise he was anticipating. And what was it with Ali? This wasn’t the time to worry about personal matters, but they were best friends since elementary school. She was brilliant, one of the city’s best attorneys and he could always count on her to provide the most insightful advice in a snafu. But lately she was cold. Her replies on the phone were glib at best and callous at the extreme. When they met for coffee last week, she was jumpy and bristled at all his jokes, calling them insensitive and immature. The time was 12:20. They had agreed to meet at noon for lunch and Ali was never late. Even if she was she would at least text. He dialled her number twice and it went directly to voicemail. Hastily, he waved the waiter over, paid for his whisky sour, and headed towards Lucille Street.
Diction
- glib (of words/person speaking them) fluent and valuable but insincere and shallow
- callous – showing/having insensitive and cruel disregard for others
- snafu – a situation in which nothing has happened as planned
- bristle – (of hair/fur) stand upright away from skin especially in anger/fear; to react angrily