Full Circle
“Paula asked.
With the phone propped against his shoulder, sitting on the edge of the bed, Bernhardt was unlacing his shoes as he talked. “I said I wanted to think about it—wanted to talk to you. By that time, he was fading. James—his head bodyguard, apparently—gave him another pill and loaded him back into his limo. DuBois had revived a little, and we talked for another fifteen minutes. He gave me a phone number. I have to call him by ten o’clock tonight.” Bernhardt glanced at his watch. The ti...me was seven-thirty; they’d been talking for more than an hour. Would Powers pay for the phone calls, as well as the hotel suite? The answer, Bernhardt knew, was yes. For now, at least, they were serving the same master.
“DuBois sounds like an electric car. He needs recharging, or he’ll run down.” She let a moment pass, then said, “Poor guy. It must be terrible, knowing death’s so close.”
Shoes off, Bernhardt leaned back against the king-size bed’s headboard. “If he didn’t have state-of-the-art medical care, he probably would’ve died years ago.MoreLess
With the phone propped against his shoulder, sitting on the edge of the bed, Bernhardt was unlacing his shoes as he talked. “I said I wanted to think about it—wanted to talk to you. By that time, he was fading. James—his head bodyguard, apparently—gave him another pill and loaded him back into his limo. DuBois had revived a little, and we talked for another fifteen minutes. He gave me a phone number. I have to call him by ten o’clock tonight.” Bernhardt glanced at his watch. The ti...me was seven-thirty; they’d been talking for more than an hour. Would Powers pay for the phone calls, as well as the hotel suite? The answer, Bernhardt knew, was yes. For now, at least, they were serving the same master.
“DuBois sounds like an electric car. He needs recharging, or he’ll run down.” She let a moment pass, then said, “Poor guy. It must be terrible, knowing death’s so close.”
Shoes off, Bernhardt leaned back against the king-size bed’s headboard. “If he didn’t have state-of-the-art medical care, he probably would’ve died years ago.MoreLess
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