Big fat girl
Milwaukee? I said. He had seen the light on in Helen Speerss room. She was no doubt studying. She had the belly fire, that was for sure. Being Black and a woman were two strikes against you already, Devine knew. It sure as hell had been that way in the Army. Apparently nowhere. The only possible place for a bullet to have left that room without leaving a telltale hole was to go through the French doors. No, I said, it really isnt. I dont. I took out my tin box and rolled three cigarettes with one hand because I knew Id smoke at least that many before I got home and probably more. I had to roll the windows up so that the tobacco wouldnt blow around and by the time Id finished rolling the cigarettes it was stifling in the pickup and I was sweating all over. I imagined that I could feel the gin oozing from my pores. I lit one of the cigarettes, rolled the windows down, and had another drink. And a bottle of the Puligny-Montrachet, Stone said. Stefan vanished and then returned with a cart bearing a wooden salad bowl, romaine lettuce, egg yolks, olive oil, lemon juice, raw garlic, Parmigiano Reggiano, and anchovies. He donned a skullcap. Required by law, he explained. Shortly, he had done his magic with the ingredients and they were munching contentedly, if noisily. I have a plan. Find anything? Do I? Devine felt every muscle in his body tense. The nightmare had finally come home to roost. He could feel the walls of the small space close in around him. Dino came and looked.Whats that place across there where cars are parked? It could be a bullet, Mason said. I said, without smiling,Did you hear that, Jess? Ted said youre not going to fuck up. Thats good enough for me. Partly, but I see some of Sara in each of you. Though she was taller. Not fuckin likely. If they dont carry the big cities, then they dont carry the big states, and if they don’t carry New York, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania, and at least a couple of others, they’re fuckin’ dead come November second, right? big fat girl Shes tired and needs a nap; Ill stay here, until she wakes up. big fat girl You sit here, Della, he said. Shut the motor off. Ill fire two shots. Press the horn button once if you hear one shot, twice if you hear two shots...