Death House Doll (2013)
“He let me use his private lavatory to wash up and brush my uniform. Outside of a cut on the inside of my mouth and a few loose teeth, I hadn’t come out too badly. When I looked halfway G.I. again I walked out into his office and sat in the big leather chair in front of his desk.
He’d come up with a bottle of rye, some ice and two glasses. As I sat down he started to pour. “Say when, Sergeant.”
I let him half fill the highball glass before I said, “That will do fine.” My stomach was still queasy.... I hoped the whiskey would settle it.
Olson lifted his glass. “To the infantry.”
“You were in it?” I asked him.
“Thank God, no,” he smiled. He put on the same record he’d played up in the squad room. “I can’t begin to tell you, Sergeant, how sorry I am that —”
I said, “Skip it. Corson thought he was doing his job.”
“You’re charitable,” Olson said. “And realistic.”
I sipped my drink. “What you can do is brief me on the case. If the girl has been tried and convicted and the date of her execution set why has Corson still got ants in his pants and where does this LaFanti come in?”MoreLess
He’d come up with a bottle of rye, some ice and two glasses. As I sat down he started to pour. “Say when, Sergeant.”
I let him half fill the highball glass before I said, “That will do fine.” My stomach was still queasy.... I hoped the whiskey would settle it.
Olson lifted his glass. “To the infantry.”
“You were in it?” I asked him.
“Thank God, no,” he smiled. He put on the same record he’d played up in the squad room. “I can’t begin to tell you, Sergeant, how sorry I am that —”
I said, “Skip it. Corson thought he was doing his job.”
“You’re charitable,” Olson said. “And realistic.”
I sipped my drink. “What you can do is brief me on the case. If the girl has been tried and convicted and the date of her execution set why has Corson still got ants in his pants and where does this LaFanti come in?”MoreLess
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