Woods, Stuart - Stone Barrington 02 - Dirt by Woods Stuart

Author:Woods, Stuart [Woods, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061747946
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Dino showed up at the hospital as Stone was getting dressed to leave. “Where are you going?” he demanded.

“Home. I can’t stand it here anymore.”

“Are you nuts? You look rotten.”

“I’m fine.” He didn’t really feel all that great, but he thought he would feel better in his own bed.

“Has a doctor discharged you?”

“Yes; I didn’t give him any choice. Can you give me a lift?” he asked, holding up his slippers. “I don’t have any shoes.”

“Yeah, okay. At least I’ll know you didn’t pass out on the street.”

The phone rang, and Stone picked it up.

“It’s Arrington; how are you feeling today?”

“Well enough to go home.”

“Really?

“Well, I ache all over, but apart from that, I’m fine.”

“Want me to come get you?”

“Dino’s giving me a lift.”

“I’ll drop by to see you a little later; maybe feed you some chicken soup.”

“Sounds good.”

“See you.” She hung up.

“That Arrington?” Dino asked.

“Yep.”

“Looks like you might have something good going there, pal.”

“Maybe. Sometimes she gets a little crazy.”

“Only sometimes? You’re a lucky man; I could tell you about crazy.”

“You found an apartment yet?”

“Yeah, and they’ve accepted our offer.”

“How much?”

Dino lowered his voice. “You ready for this? Seven hundred thou and change.”

“Seven hundred thousand?”

“And change.”

“You have a very generous father-in-law.”

Dino shook his head. “He just wants her to shut up about it, like me. He’d pay twice that, if she’d shut up about it.”

“Where is the apartment?”

“East Sixty-sixth, between Fifth and Madison.”

“Uptown!”

“Yeah. We’ve still got to go before the co-op board.”

“Relax, they’ll be delighted to have a cop in the building. You might let drop that you can get the patrol frequency increased on the block.”

“Good idea. I can do that, too; I’ll have a foot patrolman by there every hour.”

“How are you going to dress?”

“In a suit, I guess.”

“Want me to loan you one?”

“What’s the matter with my suits?” Dino demanded indignantly.

“They’re probably a little too Italian for an East Side co-op board. A trip to Brooks Brothers or Ralph Lauren might be a good investment.”

“I’ll think about it. When this board hears us talk, they might bounce us.”

“Use your interrogation English.”

“Huh?”

“Talk to them the way you interrogate upscale witnesses.”

“Oh, that. That could work, if I don’t let Mary Ann talk at all.”

Stone laughed. “Come on, get me out of here.”

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