the Hunted (1977) by Leonard Elmore

Author:Leonard, Elmore [Elmore, Leonard,]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-01-21T02:29:24.984000+00:00

"I was for a little while."

"You want me to get in with you?"

"No, I don't."

"I could've had a winner I was talking to at the bar, gorgeous broad. I came back to you." No response. "The Marine didn't come?" No. "Nobody called?" No one. "You want to just, uh, foo l around a little? . . . Well, if you change your mind."

Mel went into 823, undressed, and got into bed.

Maybe they had whores available. He should've checked at the bar. He was pretty sure Tali wa s sleeping naked; or maybe she had just her pantie s on, skimpy little briefs. He imagined the doo r creaking and seeing her naked body in the ligh t from the window, Tali saying softly, with her cut e accent, "Can I come in with you, please, Mr.

Bondy?"

The lamp was on when he opened his eyes. It wasn't Tali. It was the Marine, wearing a white cap , looking down at him.

"What the hell do you want?"

"Mr. Rosen's money. He sent me."

Mel squirmed up against the headboard, pulling the cover with him.

"You come in here, I'm sound asleep--where is he?"

"He said he'd just as soon I didn't tell anybody."

"Well listen, I told him, he wants the money he'd have to come get it," Mel said. "I'm not gonna ge t caught in the middle--those crazy nuts start shooting at each other. What is this, you work for him now? I thought you were on leave."

"I'm helping him out," Davis said.

"Yeah, well, have fun. You must be out of your mind."

"Instead of talking," Davis said, "why don't you give me the money and you can go back t o sleep."

"I told him if he wants it, he can come get it. Until I hand it to him personally, it still belongs to th e company. And if he doesn't pick it up, I take i t back."

"When's that?"

"I haven't decided." Mel was settled again, in control. "Let me ask you something. You seem t o be for hire. What if the guys who want Rosen pai d you more?"

"More than what?"

"More than Rosen's paying you."

"Where are they? I'll talk to them."

Mel was studying him, realizing something for the first time. The Marine could put you on. He wa s low key and seemed to know what he was doing.

"Have they been back to see you?" Davis said.

Mel shook his head. "I don't have any idea where they are, but they're around. You realize,"

Mel said then, "you've got a very good chance of losing everything in this, and I mean your life.

These guys don't fuck around, man. They don't go by any rules of war. They're close now, and they'r e going to stay on him, and I don't see how Rosie's got one fucking chance of making it." Mel paused.

"Which leaves me with sort of a problem. A hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. How do I get it home? I can find a way if I work on it, I'm sure. But you're leaving in a couple of weeks, I t hink you said.

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