Backup Men
“The night manager was back at the bombed-out room, clucking his tongue over the damage and waiting for the police to arrive.“Hey, didja hear those bombs?” the young man asked. “Big boom, huh?”“I was over there,” I said.“Didja know those two guys?”“Just casually. They said they had to catch a plane and gave me some money to take care of any charges they might have run up.”“They didn’t have no charges,” he said. “That was the first thing Hinckle checked. Hinckle’s the night manager.”“He didn’t ch...eck with me,” a woman’s voice said. I turned and a middle-aged woman with frosted hair and green eyeshadow glared at me from her post at the switchboard. “I got T and C on that long-distance call they made and didn’t pay for.”“T and C’s time and charges,” the young man said, assuming my ignorance.I reached for my wallet. “I’ll be glad to pay it.”“They should’ve paid it themselves,” the woman said. “A lot of people think they can skip out on their phone bills here just because it’s a motel and they have to pay in advance.MoreLess
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