Sucker Bet (2003)
“With each passing minute she reminded herself of all the things she wanted to do with her life.
It was dark when she returned to the Delano. The Alice in Wonderland lobby was filled with strung-out party people. Standing beneath a billowing white curtain, she called Nigel’s bungalow on a house phone, got no answer, then walked down to the Rose Bar and didn’t find him there. Going outside, she spotted him at a table in the patio restaurant, still in his golf clothes. With him, inhaling a shrimp ...cocktail, was Rico.
Payback time, Candy thought.
She sat down next to her boyfriend. He kissed her and said, “Where you been hiding?”
Rico stared at her. Then he started to cough.
“Shopping,” she said. “Hey, Rico, how’s it going?”
“Spend a lot of money?” Nigel asked.
“Window-shopping,” she said. “Cat got your tongue, Rico?”
“Rico was just telling me how we’re going to fleece a local bookie,” Nigel said, laughing like someone who’d been drinking all afternoon.MoreLess
It was dark when she returned to the Delano. The Alice in Wonderland lobby was filled with strung-out party people. Standing beneath a billowing white curtain, she called Nigel’s bungalow on a house phone, got no answer, then walked down to the Rose Bar and didn’t find him there. Going outside, she spotted him at a table in the patio restaurant, still in his golf clothes. With him, inhaling a shrimp ...cocktail, was Rico.
Payback time, Candy thought.
She sat down next to her boyfriend. He kissed her and said, “Where you been hiding?”
Rico stared at her. Then he started to cough.
“Shopping,” she said. “Hey, Rico, how’s it going?”
“Spend a lot of money?” Nigel asked.
“Window-shopping,” she said. “Cat got your tongue, Rico?”
“Rico was just telling me how we’re going to fleece a local bookie,” Nigel said, laughing like someone who’d been drinking all afternoon.MoreLess
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