George Barnabas - 04 - Fourth Attempt
“‘Dammit all, how can you make a judgement like that just by looking at someone?’ ‘Instinct,’ Gus said with sublime assurance. ‘You get an eye for a villain in my business.’ ‘And you get an eye for a bigot and a self-satisfied full-of-himself smartass in mine!’ George snapped. ‘There is nothing wrong with Zack at all. He’s an important researcher doing a lot of good work here, which I’ve agreed to help him with, and you’ve no right to jump to your dumb conclusions.’ Then she stopped and a slow s...mile lifted the corners of her mouth. ‘Unless it’s the old devil speaking in you again? The one that made you do your pieces at Mike that time, because you thought we were having a fling? Jealous, are you, honey?’ ‘Never heard such nonsense in my life,’ Gus came right into the room and perched on her desk. ‘Just callin’ the shots the way I see ’em fall. So, OK, he’s wonderful, Cupid on a rock cake. Let’s leave him there. Now, are you interested in the report on the car and the chocolates, or are you not?’ She was interested enough to push his reaction to Zack right to the back of her mind for consideration later.MoreLess
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