Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard

Author:Elmore Leonard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 0061733148
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter SIXTEEN

LATER IN THE EVENING FOLEY SAT WITH CUNDO IN THE front room of his white home, alone with him finally, photos of Dawn in lamplight watching him from three walls. Cundo had hugged him saying, We made it, we got out with our lives, the way we want to be, to do what pleases us. They raised their glasses of table-red from Australia Foley had bought at Ralphs and Cundo said, What's that bad boy Mike Nesi doing?

I had to take him to UCLA Medical, Foley said, in Santa Monica. We were fooling around shooting hoops and he injured himself.

Cundo grinned. You faked him out and he twist his ankle trying to catch you. I can see it.

Foley said, Actually he's out of action for a while, couple of months.

Cundo wasn't grinning now. He said, You decide I don't need him, uh?

Not anymore, Foley said. I'll give you the parking ticket for his truck, at the hospital. I told them you were his employer and would take care of the bill. I asked if the white-power brotherhood had group insurance and he said he didn't think so.

Now Cundo was grinning again. You still a smart-ass. You stop talking for a time looking at the thirty years, but now you back to life with the smart-ass things you say, but very quiet. I already tole you that. Miss Megan brought you back from the living dead. Listen, I hire the dum-dum because I don't know what you going to do.

You knew you were gonna hit her. The painting had nothing to do with it. You came home to put on a show, hit Dawn in the gut and forgive her what a sweet guy but forgive her for what?

See, you don't want to start talking about that, Cundo said. Tha's why I forgive her and is done. No more talking about it, okay? Ever again. Or thinking about it. Thinking too much can fuck you up.

How's Dawn, she all right?

In good spirit now, very entertaining, yes, showing her love for me. Everything, Cundo said, is now as it should be. Am I right? Tell me how you think about it.

I'd like to know what you're gonna do with the white-power freak, Nesi.

Can he drive?

I don't know. If both his arms are in casts it might be hard.

Man, what did you do to him? Cundo said, but didn't seem to care. I'm not going to worry about him. I'll fire him, let him pay the fucking hospital. Listen, Dawn has an idea, how you can be in one of her skits.

That's what she calls them?

Her shakedowns. Get a woman's dead husband's ghost to leave her alone, kick him out of the house and charge a lot of money for it.

She mentioned it to me.

I was going to be the ghost expert, but Dawn say you be better at it. Good-looking guy, the woman falls for you, she's happy again and pays whatever Dawn says.

After that, I don't see her again?

The woman? No, is done, is over.

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