Sins of the Fathers by Block Lawrence

Author:Block, Lawrence. [Block, Lawrence.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-10-27T02:44:47+00:00

T H E S I N S O F T H E FAT H E R S

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She looked past me at the waitress and ordered a whiskey sour on the rocks. Her eyes met mine, glanced away, came back again.

“I can’t say I’m happy to be here,” she said.

“Neither am I.”

“It was your idea. And you had me over a barrel, didn’t you? You must get a kick out of making people do what you want them to do.”

“I used to pull wings off flies.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised.” She tried to glare, and then she lost the handle of it and grinned in spite of herself. “Oh, shit,” she said.

“You’re not going to be dragged into anything, Mrs. Thal.”

“I hope not.”

“You won’t be. I’m interested in learning something about Wendy Hanniford’s life. I’m not interested in turning your life upside down.” Our drinks arrived. She picked hers up and studied it as if she had never seen anything quite like it before. It seemed an ordinary enough whiskey sour. She took a sip, set it down, fished out the maraschino cherry and ate it. I swallowed a little bourbon and waited for her.

“You can order something to eat if you want. I’m not hungry.”

“Neither am I.”

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