Shovel Ready_A Spademan Novel by Adam Sternbergh

Author:Adam Sternbergh [Sternbergh, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780385349000
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

22.

By the time I get back to Trump Tower, Rick the tech-head is long gone and Mark’s up and around, out of his bed, unplugged, wearing a robe, drinking a coffee. He pours me one and offers me a bagel.

Good morning, Spademan. I believe the last time I saw you, it was in a country church where you were moonlighting as a doormat.

Very funny. Thanks for that, though. I mean it.

Well, Rick and I figured you might need a cavalry.

You two do that often? Crash other people’s private meetings?

Not as a rule. But if you ever need to do it, Rick is definitely the best. Knows how to find the seams and how to slip you through them. I did enjoy the look of surprise on their faces.

You mean the faces you didn’t bury your little toy ax in?

Mark shrugs.

Hey, I may not be much help in this world, but when you spend enough time on bed-rest, you tend to pick up a few party tricks.

So that’s what you do in there all day? Fly around and hack people to pieces?

No. That was special for you. Though I do like to spread my wings once in awhile.

I nod toward Mark’s bed.

Luxury liner like that, why the hell do you ever go all the way down to Chinatown?

You know me. I like congregations. The comforts of a like-minded crowd.

Persephone pads out of the bedroom. Wearing sweatpants. Scratches at bedhead curls.

Good morning. What I miss?

Eyes my bagel.

God, I’m starving. Is there one of those for me?

I hand it over.

Nice sweatpants. What happened to snakeskin?

She frowns.

They split.

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