Dead-Bang
“I said. “This is Shell Scott. Let me in.”
“No!”
I looked at the number on the door. Right place. Before leaving Bruno’s home I had checked on Miss Winsome’s address, Unit Thirty-four of the Canterbury Community, a sprawling condominium on Flower Street in L.A.
“Go away! You—you—”
I groaned. Sure. Yeah. I hadn’t phoned the luscious—but still Lemming—Regina. I had simply raced here at reckless speed to warn her, possibly save her from violent death. But I had forgotten there was a fate worse than... death. Worse, I had failed to consider the probability that by now I was a fate even worse than the fate worse than death.
“Regina,” I said, “you’re in trouble, a lot of trouble, you’re in terrible danger, and I came here to—”
She screamed.
“Not danger from me, you idiot,” I roared. “I came here to warn you, to help you.”
“Go away! Go—”
“Goddammit, let me in! I’m not going to hurt you, or … anything. You hear me? I’m not going to, ah, anything.MoreLess
“No!”
I looked at the number on the door. Right place. Before leaving Bruno’s home I had checked on Miss Winsome’s address, Unit Thirty-four of the Canterbury Community, a sprawling condominium on Flower Street in L.A.
“Go away! You—you—”
I groaned. Sure. Yeah. I hadn’t phoned the luscious—but still Lemming—Regina. I had simply raced here at reckless speed to warn her, possibly save her from violent death. But I had forgotten there was a fate worse than... death. Worse, I had failed to consider the probability that by now I was a fate even worse than the fate worse than death.
“Regina,” I said, “you’re in trouble, a lot of trouble, you’re in terrible danger, and I came here to—”
She screamed.
“Not danger from me, you idiot,” I roared. “I came here to warn you, to help you.”
“Go away! Go—”
“Goddammit, let me in! I’m not going to hurt you, or … anything. You hear me? I’m not going to, ah, anything.MoreLess
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