Red Hook
“A few old guys, sipping their brews slowly to make them last, watched racing on some kind of cable channel on a TV hung out on an arm over the bar like a set in a hospital. A bartender leaned over the bar and stared at a copy of the Post.
We climbed up on a couple of stools. The sweat dried on Tolya’s face.
“What else?” I said. “You didn’t bring me here to show me some real estate. You could have given me the key in the city.”
“No.”
“What?”
I ordered Scotch for both of us.
“Give me another one ...of those things you smoke.” I passed him the cigarettes and he simultaneously reached across the bar and plucked two bags of nuts off a cardboard stand with one hand, tore them open and swallowed the contents in one gulp.
The bartender set up some glasses and poured Scotch in them.
“Make them triples,” I said. “Why are we here, Tolya?”
He shifted uncomfortably on the barstool, too big for it, sitting uneasily while he knocked back his drink. He looked in his glass.MoreLess
We climbed up on a couple of stools. The sweat dried on Tolya’s face.
“What else?” I said. “You didn’t bring me here to show me some real estate. You could have given me the key in the city.”
“No.”
“What?”
I ordered Scotch for both of us.
“Give me another one ...of those things you smoke.” I passed him the cigarettes and he simultaneously reached across the bar and plucked two bags of nuts off a cardboard stand with one hand, tore them open and swallowed the contents in one gulp.
The bartender set up some glasses and poured Scotch in them.
“Make them triples,” I said. “Why are we here, Tolya?”
He shifted uncomfortably on the barstool, too big for it, sitting uneasily while he knocked back his drink. He looked in his glass.MoreLess
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