The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

Author:E.R. Ramzipoor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQ Fiction
Published: 2019-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

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When Beckers and his mates passed out from drink, Tarcovich directed her girls to deposit them on the lawn. She waited by the window for them to wake. They did so loudly, protesting their headaches and stomach cramps.

“That bitch,” he said, wobbling to his feet. “That bitch stole my bloody things.”

“I’ll kill her,” said a second. He advanced on the whorehouse with his fists raised. Tarcovich watched him trip a little—not even a real stumble, but a half-committed lurch, like a precocious toddler. “I had fifty francs, by God. I’ll kill that whore.”

“Hang your fifty francs,” said Beckers. “Have you any idea what the bloody Germans would do to me if they learned I was here?”

Hortense appeared at Tarcovich’s side. “The wallet was a nice touch,” she murmured. “They will never guess the ledger was your real aim.”

“This was a shoddy idea for a stag party, now, wasn’t it?” said Gert. “Who the bloody hell thought of this in the first place?”

Beckers tilted his head. “I assumed it was you.”

“Me?”

“Took us down to Madame B’s house for Otto’s stag party, you did, so why—”

“I’m married, mate.”

“But you came!”

“Coming and planning are two different things. And in any case—”

“Hang on a tick,” said Beckers. “Who the hell sent those invitations?”

Tarcovich grinned, wishing she could capture this moment for David Spiegelman. The men looked at each other. Suspicion lent their features more complexity than they deserved, Tarcovich thought. One could almost be fooled into thinking they’d half a brain. But they didn’t, of course, which is why the lot of them—Beckers and his dear, loyal mates—spent half the night arguing over why they were there at all.

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