Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Wolf Gary K

Author:Wolf, Gary K. [Wolf, Gary K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-11-18T06:00:00+00:00

I could tell she believed that about as much as she believed in Santa Claus, but she was sharp enough to realize that, until she answered my questions, I'd never leave her alone. "What is it you want to know?"

I went around to the other side of the car and slid in beside her. "I talked to Little Rock DeGreasy over at the gallery. He says Rocco ordered him to cancel your one-woman show and take down your work. Any idea why?"

She dumped her comb into a purse only slightly larger than Spark Plug's feedbag. "He did it to be ornery," she said, "to flaunt his control over me. Rocco couldn't stand to have people cross him, and I'd been doing a lot of that lately."

"How so?"

"My work for Toon's rights, my support of Roger Rabbit." She turned her palms toward her, bent her fingers forward, and examined her nails. They were far from beautiful, chipped and scratched, like the nails of a rock climber clawing toward the top. "Rocco couldn't stand uppity women. He retaliated by yanking my work."

Dick Tracy came over to the car. I'd never seen him in person before, and I couldn't believe how tall he was. Usually Toons turn actor to compensate for being shrimpy, but Tracy could look me straight in the eye with no trouble. And talk about square-jawed. I could have used his chin for a letter opener. Carol introduced us, and his grip almost broke my hand. He yakked with us for a while and impressed me as a gutsy, standup guy. I nearly asked him for his autograph myself.

"I understand Rocco called you the night he died," I said after Tracy left. "What did he say?"

"Nothing much, really." I started to light a cigarette but doused it when I saw her unsullied ashtray. A nonsmoker, but that didn't surprise me. I had her pegged as a woman with vices a lot more complex than tobacco. "Rocco's only reason for calling was to torment me. He crowed on and on about how he had cancelled my show. He told me he would make sure I never showed in any gallery again. It was a typically disgusting Rocco performance. I finally hung up on him.”

”How long did you talk to him?"

"I don't know exactly. I didn't look at the clock. I would guess about five or ten minutes."

"Anyone with you when the call came in?”

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