Woods, Stuart - Dishonorable Intentions by Woods Stuart

Author:Woods, Stuart [Woods, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-05-18T10:16:14+00:00

31

Stone was having lunch alone, and Gala was out riding alone. Geoffrey entered the room. “A Ms. Holly Barker on the phone for you, Mr. Barrington.”

Stone picked up the phone. “Good morning,” he said. “I presume you are at breakfast.”

“I’m having a cheese Danish at my desk, if that’s what you call breakfast.”

“You really must come here for a visit, and learn what breakfast is all about.”

“I really must. I thought you might like to hear the fruits of your efforts.”

“Oh, yes.”

“Mr. Tirov arrived in Los Angeles last night aboard the luxurious new Emirates flight from London, having made the crossing in a private suite, only to be rumbled in immigration. He was taken to an interrogation room, where a letter from the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement was read to him by an FBI agent, giving him thirty days’ notice of deportation.”

“That long? Why didn’t they just bounce him?”

“There were only two other legal alternatives. They could arrest and imprison him immediately, until he made bail, or just deport him and allow him to go anywhere. Neither was warranted for a person who has held a green card for eight years. What they did do was stamp his passport with a notice that he must depart the country from LAX, within thirty days, with a nonstop destination of Moscow.”

“Where he would be arrested on the murder warrant?”

“Exactly. Now, does that satisfy your definition of a pound of flesh?”

“I would rather have had his head on a pike, but I suppose a pound of flesh will have to do.”

“Mustn’t be greedy.”

“Will he have any sort of appeal?”

“Yes, and I’m sure he will have a first-rate immigration lawyer to argue his case, but, since he has a murder warrant out for him, his case is unarguable, and he is, essentially, fucked.”

“Which is no less than he deserves. The man has stuck his thumb in the eye of almost everybody he has come into contact with in the States, and was rapidly becoming persona non grata in the film business.”

“What is it they say in the movie business? ‘Be careful who you fuck on your way up the ladder of success, because you’ll meet them again on the way down.’”

“I believe that’s the gist of it.”

“I’m going to give serious thought to busting out of this place and coming to see you. How long will you be there?”

“Awhile, maybe the summer.”

“I expect there is a woman with you.”

“Well, yes.”

“Any chance of her abandoning you?”

“There’s always that chance, if my personal history is any indication.”

Holly laughed. “That’s right, you do have a tendency to get dumped, don’t you?”

“Let’s just say that they often find it necessary to be somewhere else. I’ve become inured to it.”

“If I come I would prefer not to share your company.”

“Duly noted. Will you keep me up to date on the woes of Mr. Tirov?”

“I’ll pass along whatever I hear. If he appeals, I’m sure his hearing will be well-attended by the entertainment press and TV shows.”

“I’ll set my DVR.

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