52 Pickup
52 Pickup
“She went out and came in again with his stock portfolios, insurance policies, bank books and trust fund agreements in plastic folders.
“Martin wants to know,” Janet said, “if you’re blowing town.”
Mitchell looked up at her. “That’s what he said, uh? Blowing town?”
“He said, ‘What’s he going to do, take the money and blow town?’”
“Tell him I’m going to Hazel Park,” Mitchell said. “I’m going to quit gambling on machine parts and put it on the horses.”
“I don’t believe he’d believe you.”
“Martin doesn’t believe anything unless it’s on a balance sheet.”
Janet held a long piece of calculator tape curling in her hand. She reached across the desk to give it to Mitchell. “That’s the total. Martin says you couldn’t possibly raise any more than that before April of next year.”
Mitchell looked at the total, at the bottom of the tape. “That’s all, uh?”
“I can ask him to come in if you want to talk to him.”
“No, that’s fine.
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