Low End of Nowhere by Michael Stone

Author:Michael Stone [Stone, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brash Books, LLC
Published: 2015-01-09T07:00:00+00:00

As Cooper slithered back to his office after court, he felt like he’d just paid a thousand dollars for a hooker and then couldn’t perform. On top of that, she’d laughed at him. Why was that courtroom so packed? Rage and humiliation surged through him in giddy waves.

When he got to his office, Ronnie was in the lobby. “How did you make out?” she asked, even though she could tell from his expression.

“How’d Iraq make out in Desert Storm? I got totally hammered, that’s how. Get me Soyko on the phone.”

“No need to. He’s waiting in your office,” she said. “He got here about two minutes ago.”

“How did he…Uh…Aw, who gives a shit? Come on. I want you in on this, too, seeing as how you’re so interested in Doug Shelton.”

Cooper walked into his office and saw Soyko sitting in front of his desk, with Jacky Romp sprawled out over the couch. Both men were smoking cigarettes, and they remained quiet when the attorney entered with Ronnie behind him.

“Do you two have to do that in here?” Cooper yelled as he sat down. He waved his hand like he was swatting invisible flies.

“Just a hunch, court sucked,” Soyko said, crushing out his cigarette.

“Brilliant.” Cooper looked off to the side. “That fucker had the judge in his hip pocket. Judge my ass. More like some affirmative-action appointment with an attitude. We got totally shot down.”

We? Soyko was tempted to remind Cooper that he’d lost on his own. But he let it slide. Bust his chops and the lawyer might just self-destruct on the spot. Instead, he kept looking at Cooper, letting him blow off steam.

“That motherfucker…” Cooper muttered, too upset to finish. “And that bitch client of his. Both laughing at me. Rubbing my dick in the dirt. I don’t know who I’d like to see dead first. They should both be tortured. Now she even has the option of coming after me for money. Judge Jose there practically told her to do it. I’d like to burn her for this. Her lawyer, too.”

“That can be arranged, you know.” Soyko’s voice carried no emotion.

“Forget it. I just keep thinking of the stones on that broad. Lying in court under oath.”

“Be a shame, someone’d try and get something they don’t deserve like that,” Soyko deadpanned. “There oughta be a law.”

Jacky cackled at the irony.

Cooper looked from one man to the other. “Just keep yukking it up, you two. Big goddamned joke, isn’t it? Let’s us concentrate on what we have to do to get that money Doug hid. Okay? I don’t suppose you have any good news for me on that score. You know, I don’t even give a flying fuck about the money so much anymore.” He lowered his voice, a thin trail of spit lacing off the side of his mouth. “I just want to stop this Story broad from getting it. What the hell kind of name is that anyway? Story. What is she, some princess from a fairy tale? I want you two to go balls to the wall on this thing.

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