Skin Game by Stuart Woods & Parnell Hall

Author:Stuart Woods & Parnell Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

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TEDDY WENT OUT to a sporting goods store that specialized in camping gear and outdoor wear. He bought some denim shirts, blue jeans, and a wide leather belt with a large silver buckle. He bought the largest duffel bag he could find, a coil of rope, a hunting knife, plastic bags of various sizes, and extra-large twist ties.

The clerk directed him to a specialty store where he found a pair of cowboy boots and a Stetson hat, as well as a western gun belt and holster.

“Costume party?” the salesclerk asked.

Teddy grinned. “Doesn’t everyone dress like this?”

Teddy brought his purchases back to the hotel. He dined in his room while he sorted and packed. He went to bed early, awoke at eight, and caught a flight to Nice.

He took a cab to Sur la Mer, a seaside hotel, and checked in as Devon Billingham.

“Just the one night?” the clerk asked.

“Wish I could stay,” Teddy said ruefully. “I’m meeting a friend of mine. Floyd Maitland. Has he checked in yet?”

The desk clerk consulted his computer. “Two days ago.”

“I don’t suppose you could tell me the room number.”

The clerk smiled. “It is not done.”

“I understand. May I leave him a note?”

“But of course.”

Teddy took a piece of note paper, scrawled: Floyd. I’m here. Call me. Devon. He folded it up, wrote Floyd Maitland on it, and gave it to the desk clerk. “Can you see that he gets it?”

“Yes, of course.”

As he turned to go, Teddy could see the desk clerk putting his note in box 432.

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