Rose Gold (2014)
“A minute and a half later the rich woman’s wrangler appeared.
“Make sure that Mr. Rawlins, Easy, can reach you at any time. Give him anything he needs.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The man calling himself Redbird walked me to the front door of the penthouse suite and handed me a business card on which was printed four Los Angeles–area code phone numbers, one from the Bay Area, and another from Boston.
I was surprised that this man had a business card. This I realized was a kind of adopted chauvinism that had... been inculcated in me by American TV, books, newspapers, and a deeply flawed education. I mean, why wouldn’t Teh-ha Redbird have a business card?
I scribbled what numbers I had on the back of one of his cards.
“I’ll be here in Los Angeles unless I get in touch,” he said and then he hesitated. He looked at me for a moment, gauging something. Coming to an unspoken conclusion, he held out a hand for me to shake.
This gesture felt like the unasked-for absolution from a bishop in a religion I had never heard of.MoreLess
“Make sure that Mr. Rawlins, Easy, can reach you at any time. Give him anything he needs.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The man calling himself Redbird walked me to the front door of the penthouse suite and handed me a business card on which was printed four Los Angeles–area code phone numbers, one from the Bay Area, and another from Boston.
I was surprised that this man had a business card. This I realized was a kind of adopted chauvinism that had... been inculcated in me by American TV, books, newspapers, and a deeply flawed education. I mean, why wouldn’t Teh-ha Redbird have a business card?
I scribbled what numbers I had on the back of one of his cards.
“I’ll be here in Los Angeles unless I get in touch,” he said and then he hesitated. He looked at me for a moment, gauging something. Coming to an unspoken conclusion, he held out a hand for me to shake.
This gesture felt like the unasked-for absolution from a bishop in a religion I had never heard of.MoreLess
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