A Good-Looking Corpse (2016)
“proper. He’ll probably want to get ahold of me.
“Well, that was a bust,” I say aloud. I close my eyes in the dead-stop traffic and concentrate on the faces of the people I saw surrounding his fighting pit that night. Brandon Craig was among them, cheering. So was fat Doug, the media guy. He was also there during Alan’s murder. But do I risk paying him a visit? He seems like he’s drinking the Mikey Echo Kool-Aid pretty hard and getting laid for his troubles. No, if I’m going to bring Mikey down,... I need Ramen. If the producer is even alive still… The SUV driver behind me lays on her horn hard, blaring it, shaking me alert. I open my eyes, and realize the traffic ahead has moved forward roughly six feet. I pull forward the tiny bit and this satisfies her. She goes back to her cellphone, cigarette, and grande Starbucks iced coffee, still giving me the stink eye.
I’m just nearing the office when I get a call. I expect Mikey, but it’s the service, informing me of a call back at the Roosevelt Hotel—a nonfatal stabbing.MoreLess
“Well, that was a bust,” I say aloud. I close my eyes in the dead-stop traffic and concentrate on the faces of the people I saw surrounding his fighting pit that night. Brandon Craig was among them, cheering. So was fat Doug, the media guy. He was also there during Alan’s murder. But do I risk paying him a visit? He seems like he’s drinking the Mikey Echo Kool-Aid pretty hard and getting laid for his troubles. No, if I’m going to bring Mikey down,... I need Ramen. If the producer is even alive still… The SUV driver behind me lays on her horn hard, blaring it, shaking me alert. I open my eyes, and realize the traffic ahead has moved forward roughly six feet. I pull forward the tiny bit and this satisfies her. She goes back to her cellphone, cigarette, and grande Starbucks iced coffee, still giving me the stink eye.
I’m just nearing the office when I get a call. I expect Mikey, but it’s the service, informing me of a call back at the Roosevelt Hotel—a nonfatal stabbing.MoreLess
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