Bone Thief (2006)
“His hair was matted, and his beard looked weedy and abandoned. As two old codgers played cards at a table near the nurse’s station, the derelict watched the goings-on through the wire-meshed window of his cramped room.
“I gotta go pee,” he muttered, venturing out into the corridor, heading for the communal lavatory across the hall. Just as the old-timer was pulling open the bathroom door, he heard his name spoken.
“Mr. Heath.”
“I gotta go pee,” he grumbled.
“I am Lieutenant Driscoll. We need to... talk.”
“Look fella, I got a quart of Glenlivet in my gut. I gotta flush it out.”
“Glenlivet? That’s fifty dollars a bottle!”
“I hit it big in Keno last night,” the vagrant replied, smiling through missing teeth. “Can I go pee now?”
“All right. But make it quick.” Driscoll leaned against the tiled wall and waited for the man.
The derelict reappeared. “Whoever cut these gowns got it all wrong. The fly belongs up front,” he muttered.
“We’ll use the office down the hall,”MoreLess
“I gotta go pee,” he muttered, venturing out into the corridor, heading for the communal lavatory across the hall. Just as the old-timer was pulling open the bathroom door, he heard his name spoken.
“Mr. Heath.”
“I gotta go pee,” he grumbled.
“I am Lieutenant Driscoll. We need to... talk.”
“Look fella, I got a quart of Glenlivet in my gut. I gotta flush it out.”
“Glenlivet? That’s fifty dollars a bottle!”
“I hit it big in Keno last night,” the vagrant replied, smiling through missing teeth. “Can I go pee now?”
“All right. But make it quick.” Driscoll leaned against the tiled wall and waited for the man.
The derelict reappeared. “Whoever cut these gowns got it all wrong. The fly belongs up front,” he muttered.
“We’ll use the office down the hall,”MoreLess
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