Mrs. Plansky gets pulled over:

“Any idea why I pulled you over?”

Ah ha! She knew the answer to this one. No. Period. No was the answer, God bless the right to dodge self-incrimination. What could be more basic? Thank you Madison or Jefferson or whoever.

“Speeding?” she said.

“How fast?”

“Way too fast.”

He nodded, handed back her papers. “Drive safe.”

(coming July 15, preorders welcome; and thanks for all the comments yesterday on A.I. taking over the Chet and Bernie series. Great research, WTAFP!)