Umbrella Man (9786167611204)
“The window slowly began to lower.
Tay wasn’t armed, and he didn’t really expect somebody to shoot him in broad daylight right in the middle of one of the best neighborhoods in Singapore anyway. Regardless, he suddenly wished he had something better to defend himself with than his American Express card.
Fleeing was always a possibility, of course, but he didn’t want to look like a fool, and he didn’t immediately see any effective way to do that as exposed as he was on the sidewalk of a residenti...al neighborhood. So he just stood there and waited to see what was about to happen.
John August leaned toward the open window.
“Get in, Sam,” he said.
“August?”
August said nothing.
“What are you doing here?”
“I need to talk to you.”
“You could have called me. I’ve tried to call you over and over and—”
“Sam, just shut the fuck up and get in the car.”
*** They drove out to Farrer Road, turned right, then continued in silence until they came to the Pan Island Expressway, which August entered heading west.MoreLess
Tay wasn’t armed, and he didn’t really expect somebody to shoot him in broad daylight right in the middle of one of the best neighborhoods in Singapore anyway. Regardless, he suddenly wished he had something better to defend himself with than his American Express card.
Fleeing was always a possibility, of course, but he didn’t want to look like a fool, and he didn’t immediately see any effective way to do that as exposed as he was on the sidewalk of a residenti...al neighborhood. So he just stood there and waited to see what was about to happen.
John August leaned toward the open window.
“Get in, Sam,” he said.
“August?”
August said nothing.
“What are you doing here?”
“I need to talk to you.”
“You could have called me. I’ve tried to call you over and over and—”
“Sam, just shut the fuck up and get in the car.”
*** They drove out to Farrer Road, turned right, then continued in silence until they came to the Pan Island Expressway, which August entered heading west.MoreLess
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