Red Hook
“He set down a handful of popcorn, wiped his hand on his pants leg, and picked up the phone.
“Hello?” a man said gruffly.
“Yes?”
“Is this Ben…Ben Leetner?”
Every time he got a phone sales pitch, they invariably screwed up his last name.
“It’s Light-ner. And I’m not interested.”
“Is your father named Jack?”
Ben sat down slowly. His father’s job was dangerous. His dad had always minimized the risks when he talked to his family, but all the same, in some back part of Ben’s mind, he had been dreadin...g this call since he was old enough to think.
“Is he…Is he dead?”
The man laughed. “Hey, fellas,” he said to someone in the background. “The kid wants to know if his old man’s dead!”
“What’s going on?” Ben said, angry now. “Who the hell is this?”
It took almost forty-five minutes for the car service to pick him up and get him to Midwood. Once there, the driver couldn’t seem to find the address. They finally stopped a Hasidic man striding past.MoreLess
“Hello?” a man said gruffly.
“Yes?”
“Is this Ben…Ben Leetner?”
Every time he got a phone sales pitch, they invariably screwed up his last name.
“It’s Light-ner. And I’m not interested.”
“Is your father named Jack?”
Ben sat down slowly. His father’s job was dangerous. His dad had always minimized the risks when he talked to his family, but all the same, in some back part of Ben’s mind, he had been dreadin...g this call since he was old enough to think.
“Is he…Is he dead?”
The man laughed. “Hey, fellas,” he said to someone in the background. “The kid wants to know if his old man’s dead!”
“What’s going on?” Ben said, angry now. “Who the hell is this?”
It took almost forty-five minutes for the car service to pick him up and get him to Midwood. Once there, the driver couldn’t seem to find the address. They finally stopped a Hasidic man striding past.MoreLess
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