“Buddy had assembled a fund of approximately three hundred and fifty dollars by diverting amounts from the cash payments for car sales. This lode remained always available in the metal box, which lay behind the locked door of the safe at night and on weekends. A burglar might of course blow the safe and be rewarded. But if, after Naomi’s death, suspicious investigators checked Buddy’s bank accounts they would find no large withdrawals that could not be innocently justified.Now of course this car...eful provision had been destroyed, and Buddy could blame nobody but himself. How could he have made such an error? Going back over the events of the day before, he recalled that he had already asked Leo to make the deposit before the sorry incident with Ballbacher. Having arranged the appointment with Clarence, he had been over-eager to join Laverne. It was as if Naomi had already been disposed of. This was his initial mistake. The resulting elation had vanished with the blow of Ballbacher’s fist.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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