The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy

Author:James Ellroy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Historical
ISBN: 9780307798459
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

He caught Barb’s tenner. He stood ringside. He killed time. He ducked Jane’s bedtime. He schemed up a trip.

I’ll fly to L.A. You drive back. I’ll meet you.

He drove home. The lights were on. Jane was still up. The TV was on. A newsman mourned Jack at great length.

Littell turned it off. “I have to fly to L.A. tomorrow. I’ll be leaving early.”

Jane spun her ashtray. “It’s abrupt, and we’re coming up on Thanksgiving.”

“You should have come next week. It would have been better all around.”

“You wanted me here, so I came. Now you’re leaving.”

Littell nodded. “I know, and I’m sorry.”

“You wanted to see if I’d come. You were testing me. You broke a rule that we set for ourselves, and now I’m stuck in this suite.”

Littell shook his head. “You could take a walk. You could get a golf lesson. You could read instead of watch TV for sixteen goddamn hours.”

Jane threw her ashtray. It hit the TV.

“Given the date, how could you expect me to do anything else?”

“Given the date, we could have talked about it. Given the date, we could have stretched the rules. Given the date, you could have given up some of your goddamn secrets.”

Jane threw a cup. It hit the TV.

“You carry a gun. You carry briefcases full of money. You fly around the country to see gangsters, you listen to tapes of Robert Kennedy when you think I’m sleeping, and I’ve got secrets?”

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