| ?Can I call you back in two minutes? I?m just putting my mother into a cab to
take her back to Jersey Mother? The whore! Il pinguino! Louis walked to his mirrored
marble bar with the pink angels flying over the Lalique inset above the whisky bottlesHe poured
himself a drink and took several calming swallows?Yeah?? he said, carefully
picking up the fragile crystal instrumentI said good-bye to Mama
?That?s a good boy, FrankieNever forget your mama
?Oh, I never do, LouYou told me you gave your mama the biggest funeral
they ever saw in East Hartford
?Yeah, I bought the fuckin? church, man
?Real nice, real nice
?Now let?s get to something else real nice, okay? It?s been one of those days, Frankie, lots of
turmoil, you know what I mean??
?Sure, LouI gotta get some reliefCome on over here, Frankie
?As fast as a cab can take me, cartier santos 100 xl men watch Lou
Prostituto! It would be Frankie the Big Mouth?s last service for him
Out on the street the well-dressed attorney walked two blocks south and a block east to his
waiting limousine parked beneath the canopy of another impressive residence in Brooklyn Heights
His stocky chauffeur of middle years was talking pleasantly with the uniformed doorman, whom he
had generously tipped by nowSpotting his employer, the driver walked rapidly to the limousine?s
rear door and opened itSeveral minutes later they were in traffic heading for the bridge
In the quiet of the backseat, the lawyer undid his alligator belt, pressed the upper and lower rims
of the buckle, and a small cartridge fell out between his legsHe picked it up and refastened the
belt
Holding the cartridge up to the filtered light from the window, he studied the miniaturized cartier watch fake voiceactivated
recording deviceIt was an extraordinary machine, tiny enough and with an acrylic
mechanism that permitted it to fly through the most sophisticated detectorsThe attorney leaned
forward in his seat and spoke to the driver?William??
?Yes, sir The chauffeur glanced up at his rearview mirror and saw his employer?s outstretched
hand; he reached back
?Take this over to the house and put it on a cassette, will you, please??
?Right, Major
The Manhattan lawyer reclined in the seat, smiling to himselfLouis would give him anything
he wanted from now onA capo did not make side arrangements where the family was concerned,
to say nothing of acknowledging certain sexual preferences
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Morris Panov sat blindfolded in the front seat of the sedan with his guard, his hands loosely,
almost courteously bound, as balenciaga whistle bag if the capo subordinato felt he was following unnecessary orders
They had been driving for about thirty minutes in silence when the guard spoke
?What?s a perry-oh-dentist?? he asked
?An oral surgeon, a doctor trained to operate inside patients? mouths on problems relating to
teeth and gum tissueThen seven minutes later: ?What kind of problems??
?Any number of them, from infections to scraping the roots to more complicated surgery usually
in tandem with an oncologistFour minutes later: ?What was that last?the tandy-uncle stuff??
?Oral cancerIf it?s caught in time, it can be arrested with minor bone removalIf not, the
entire jaw might have to go Panov could feel the car briefly swerve as the driver momentarily lost
controlA minute and a half later: ?The whole fuckin? jaw? Half the face??
?It?s either that or the whole of the patient?s rolex oyster perpetual watch life Thirty seconds later: ?You think I could have
something like that??
?I?m a doctor, not an alarmistI merely noted a symptom, I did not make a diagnosis
?So bullshit! So make a dagassnossis!?
?I?m not qualified
?Bullshit! You?re a doctor, ain?t you? I mean a real doctor, not a fasullo who says he is but ain?t
got no shingle that?s legit
?If you mean medical school, yes, I?m that kind of doctor
?So look at me!?
?I can?t Panov suddenly felt the guard?s thick strong hand clawing at his
head, yanking the kerchief off himThe dark interior of the automobile answered a question for
Mo: How could anyone travel in a car with a blindfolded passenger? In that car it was no problem;
except for the windshield, the windows were not merely tinted, they were damn near opaque, which
meant from the outside they were opaqueNo one could see repica rolex watches ins |
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