Marked Man (2006)
Marked Man
“Carl, but you’re not on the list.”
“What do you mean, I’m not on the list?” I said, my voice filled with a false indignation, false because in the whole of my life I have never been on the list. “Of course I’m on the list.”
“No, I’ve looked twice, and you’re not,” said the large, bald-headed guard at the reception desk. “As a general rule, we don’t allow visitors who are not on the list.”
And as a general rule, I thought, I don’t feel bound by general rules. “But he’s my Uncle Max. Of course he...’ll want to see me. My sister’s in town for only a few days and she was always his favorite niece.”
The guard turned his stare toward Monica, standing behind me with her gas-station bouquet of flowers. His gaze swooned at the sight of her loose white shirt and tight black leather pants.
“I haven’t seen my dear Uncle Max in years,” said Monica in her little girl’s voice. “I doubt he’d even recognize me anymore.”
“But I’m sure she’d cheer him up, don’t you think?”MoreLess
“What do you mean, I’m not on the list?” I said, my voice filled with a false indignation, false because in the whole of my life I have never been on the list. “Of course I’m on the list.”
“No, I’ve looked twice, and you’re not,” said the large, bald-headed guard at the reception desk. “As a general rule, we don’t allow visitors who are not on the list.”
And as a general rule, I thought, I don’t feel bound by general rules. “But he’s my Uncle Max. Of course he...’ll want to see me. My sister’s in town for only a few days and she was always his favorite niece.”
The guard turned his stare toward Monica, standing behind me with her gas-station bouquet of flowers. His gaze swooned at the sight of her loose white shirt and tight black leather pants.
“I haven’t seen my dear Uncle Max in years,” said Monica in her little girl’s voice. “I doubt he’d even recognize me anymore.”
“But I’m sure she’d cheer him up, don’t you think?”MoreLess
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