Blue Screen (2006) by Robert B - Sunny Randall 05 Parker

Author:Robert B - Sunny Randall 05 Parker [Parker, Robert B - Sunny Randall 05]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-03-15T17:30:25.125000+00:00

Chapter 30

ROSIE AND I met Felix and another man in the parking lot of a Dunkin' Donuts in Andrews Square. Felix sat behind the wheel, the other man in the front with him. Rosie and I got into the backseat. As soon as we got in I unhooked Rosie's leash and she jumped into the front, jostling the passenger in the process, and squirmed onto Felix's lap.

The passenger said, What the fuck?

It's Rosie, Felix said. I like Rosie.

Rosie's tail thump-thumped against Felix's wide rib cage. He patted her. The passenger looked as if he wasn't a dog person. But, like most of the world, he preferred not to argue with Felix.

She's Sunny, Felix said. He's Eddie. He's going to tell you what he knows about Buddy Bollen.

Eddie was small and pale-skinned. He had on a navy watch cap and a pea jacket.

She don't say where she got this, Eddie said.

No, Felix said.

And he doesn't make things up, I said.

Eddie ain't smart enough to make things up, Felix said. Hey, Eddie said.

Felix made a sound that I knew was his version of laughing. Tell her what you know, Felix said.

Having squeezed into place behind the steering wheel, Rosie had settled into Felix's lap. Felix patted her. Eddie looked straight ahead at the front door of the Dunkin' Donuts and began to talk.

Guy named Moon Monaghan, he said. Used to be a collector for a shark named Patsy Lang. Then one day Patsy was gone and Moon was in charge.

What happened to Patsy? I said.

Eddie shrugged. Something, he said. As soon as he took over, Moon juiced the whole fucking shylock thing, ya know? Loaned out more money, collected more vig. Nobody ever didn't pay Moon. After a while, he's pulling in so much cash he's trying to find places to store it. He had cash in one of them public warehouse storage lockers for a while, looking for ways to wash it.

And you know this how? I said.

Rosie had flipped over on Felix's lap with her feet sticking up and her tongue lolling out while Felix rubbed her stomach.

Eddie shrugged again and shook his head.

So Moon's got a cousin, he said, shyster named Arlo Delaney. In LA. And Arlo hooks him up with a couple dudes that finance pictures.

Names? I said.

Eddie shook his head, still staring straight ahead at the donut shop.

Ran a company called Hollywood Investment Team. They're looking for cash. Moon's looking for something besides a storage locker, ya know, for his cash.

Eddie spread his hands.

Love at first sight, he said. Ya know?

Rosie had fallen asleep in Felix's lap. I could hear her soft snoring. Felix had stopped patting her and was simply resting his massive hand on her pink stomach.

Moon bought into the business.

Yeah. And one thing led to another. And they end up funding a movie that Buddy Bollen was making.

Which movie? I said.

Got me, Eddie said.

Did they fund more than one? I said.

Got me again, Eddie said. I tole you what I know. So you don't know if they're still connected? I said.

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