Calamity Jayne (2008)
Calamity Jayne
“When the responding officers asked who had driven the object of the police report to the restaurant, I could swear I saw money pass between the two cops.
“Was that a pay-off I just witnessed?” I asked Townsend, who’d been drafted to stay with me until the paperwork was concluded and the flatbed arrived.
“More likely winnings,” he said, from the tailgate of his truck.
“Winnings? What kind of winnings?”
“I don’t think it would improve your disposition if you knew.”
“Oh.” I sai...d. “Oh!” I scribbled my signature on the tow slip and thrust the clipboard back at the officers. “I thought gambling was illegal or against police regulations or something,” I commented.
“It isn’t gambling if it’s a sure thing.” The officer who had pocketed the money smiled and passed me my copy of the tow receipt.
“The car will be at Peters’s Garage.MoreLess
“Was that a pay-off I just witnessed?” I asked Townsend, who’d been drafted to stay with me until the paperwork was concluded and the flatbed arrived.
“More likely winnings,” he said, from the tailgate of his truck.
“Winnings? What kind of winnings?”
“I don’t think it would improve your disposition if you knew.”
“Oh.” I sai...d. “Oh!” I scribbled my signature on the tow slip and thrust the clipboard back at the officers. “I thought gambling was illegal or against police regulations or something,” I commented.
“It isn’t gambling if it’s a sure thing.” The officer who had pocketed the money smiled and passed me my copy of the tow receipt.
“The car will be at Peters’s Garage.MoreLess
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