““Next block on the left.”
Eddie passed a storefront sign “Dolly’s Flowers”, made a U-turn and pulled into a lot behind the store. When we entered the flower shop, a young woman ignored us as she positioned flowers inside a bowl.
Eddie asked her, “Dolly?”
“You mean Dolores?”
“Sure.”
“Just a moment please.” The woman faced the curtain behind the counter and bellowed, “Lolo!”
After a short pause, my hearing returned and a bulky, dark haired man appeared behind the counter. “Yes?” he asked.
Eddie looked down at the man’s rounded belly poking against the fabric of his sleeveless T-shirt. Then up at the unlit cigar sticking out of the man’s unshaven face and asked, “Dolores?”
“Yeah. That’s me. Whaddya want?”
Eddie asked again, “Dolores?”
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