Attack of the Theater People by Marc Acito

Author:Marc Acito
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780767930185
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2009-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

Given that the avenues in Manhattan are numerical, one could reasonably assume that they begin with First. But beyond First, tucked along the river between Fifty-third and Fifty-ninth, lies Sutton Place, a neighborhood so exclusive I hadn’t even heard of it.

Chad lives in a postwar building, the kind with a glass-fronted lobby, which I now enter carrying a pizza. The doorman looks up, one of the uniformed members of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

“Hey, how you doin’?” I say, imitating any number of Zanni relatives. “This is for”—I consult a name I’ve scrawled on the outside of the box—“Severson.”

The doorman picks up a phone. This is an idiotic idea. I mean, Chad’s probably not even home. But I’m determined not to lose my last chance this year for a one-on-one encounter.

“Good evening, Mr. Severson,” the doorman says into the phone. “Your pizza is here.”

He looks up at me. “He says he didn’t order a pizza.”

“Damn. Musta been some kinda mix-up.”

He talks into the phone. “Sorry to bother you, Mr—”

“Hang on, hang on,” I say. “Ask him if he wants it anyway. Tell him it’s from Zanni Pizzeria. It’s a merger of pepperoni and sausage.”

He relays the message like it’s a colossal bother. After a few mm-hmms and uh-huhhs, he puts down the phone.

“You can go up.”

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