Gone, Baby, Gone
“His hand gripped my elbow from behind and turned me toward him.“Problem with my method, Mr. Kenzie?”“Fucking method?” I pulled my arm out of his grasp. “That what you call what you did back there?”Poole and the guard reached us, and Poole said, “Not here, gentlemen. There are appearances to maintain.”Poole steered us both down the corridor and through the metal detectors and the last remaining gate. Our weapons were returned to us by a sergeant with hair plugs springing from the top of his head... in tiny, tightly wrapped bundles, and then we walked out into the parking lot.Broussard started in as soon as our shoes hit gravel. “How much bullshit were you willing to swallow from that slug, Mr. Kenzie? Huh?”“Whatever it took to—”“Maybe you’d like to go back in, talk about dog suicides and—”“—get a fucking deal, Detective Broussard! That’s what I—”“—how much you’re down with your man Cheese.”“Gentlemen.” Poole stepped in between us.The echo of our voices was raw in that parking lot, and our faces were red from shouting.MoreLess
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