{"product_id":"outlawsrecognizeeachother","title":"Outlaws Recognize Each Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eI worked crisis in Sagebrush City, a desert city in the Southwest. The people the respectable world had written off could pick each other out of a crowd in seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe names have been changed, and so have a lot of the details, to protect everyone, including me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTallulah, one of our clients, didn't hand out approval easily. She once decided a caseworker was \"too beige to carry news.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Nicky came into the office. Nicky was small, and he moved like a man whose body had lost a few negotiations with force. Tallulah looked him up and down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You look like you been through something industrial.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicky grinned. \"Explosive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTallulah laughed, and they were friends from that moment on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWallace T. Fink walked a horse down the sidewalk to our office, past the nail salon and the tax preparer. He tied the horse to the railing out front and came inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I only need you to hold Bishop for a little while.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Wallace walked across the parking lot and left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Wallace finally came back, he told us why he'd picked our office. \"I still knew you were the safest place.\" Then he sat down with an ordinary problem, probably housing or benefits, and we went to work on Wallace's ordinary problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years afterward, whenever a client asked us to hold something for a little while, we asked one question first: \"Does it eat?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOutlaws recognize each other. Recognition means: I know what kind of world made you careful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOutlaws Recognize Each Other \u003c\/strong\u003eis one of ten Sagebrush City books. Read them in any order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEbook (epub), delivered right after purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jukebox, a short bonus Sagebrush City book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reality Services Office","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54152593309880,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4459\/2824\/files\/Outlaws_Recognize_1500x1200T.png?v=1790882448","url":"https:\/\/realityservicesoffice.com\/products\/outlawsrecognizeeachother","provider":"Reality Services Office","version":"1.0","type":"link"}