Sam's Legacy (1973)
“Directly below, he saw Tidewater and Flo helping someone out of a taxi—a girl, in a wheelchair. The girl wore a purple scarf on her head, and Sam saw light glisten from gold threads that were woven into it. He could hear the music—old rock-and-roll records—coming from below. Tidewater pushed the wheelchair forward across the snow while Flo held an umbrella over the girl’s head. It was night. There were circles of luminescent green, like rings around the moon, surrounding the lights of the lamp ...posts along Nostrand Avenue. At the moment there were no cars or buses passing. Sam could see fresh footprints on the sidewalk.
Someone was banging on the pipes. Sam listened. The banging stopped, then started again: three times. It was Ben’s signal. Sam touched his fingertips: they tingled. He wondered if, on a night like this, the others would show up. Ben had offered Sam money, again, but Sam had taken his loan—five hundred—from Sabatini. Willie the Lump had passed the envelope to him that afternoon, at Garfield’s, and Sam was supposed to return it—plus one hundred interest—the next day.MoreLess
Someone was banging on the pipes. Sam listened. The banging stopped, then started again: three times. It was Ben’s signal. Sam touched his fingertips: they tingled. He wondered if, on a night like this, the others would show up. Ben had offered Sam money, again, but Sam had taken his loan—five hundred—from Sabatini. Willie the Lump had passed the envelope to him that afternoon, at Garfield’s, and Sam was supposed to return it—plus one hundred interest—the next day.MoreLess
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