The Big Bamboo
“said Ian.
The door opened.
“Tori!”
“Did you give them the money?”
“Where’s Ally?”
Tori plopped down in a chair. “He scared the hell out of me.”
“What happened?” said Ian.
“Jumped in my car.”
“Jumped in your car?”
“Dressed like a tourist,” said Tori. “Made me drive all over the place to make sure there wasn’t a tail. We ended up in the Hertz lot by the airport.”
“Hertz?”
“Final precaution,” said Tori. “Told me to turn in the entrance with those fold-down spikes where the signs say ‘severe tire d...amage.’ Leaped out with the briefcase, climbed a fence and took off in a car he’d planted earlier on a side street.”
“What for?”
“Head start, I guess. If anyone was following, they’d have to take the long way out because of the spikes. While I was there, some idiot blew out his tires. I thought it was gunfire at first. The whole thing was a nightmare.”
“What about Ally?”
“Said he’d call once he was safe.”
“That wasn’t the deal,”MoreLess
The door opened.
“Tori!”
“Did you give them the money?”
“Where’s Ally?”
Tori plopped down in a chair. “He scared the hell out of me.”
“What happened?” said Ian.
“Jumped in my car.”
“Jumped in your car?”
“Dressed like a tourist,” said Tori. “Made me drive all over the place to make sure there wasn’t a tail. We ended up in the Hertz lot by the airport.”
“Hertz?”
“Final precaution,” said Tori. “Told me to turn in the entrance with those fold-down spikes where the signs say ‘severe tire d...amage.’ Leaped out with the briefcase, climbed a fence and took off in a car he’d planted earlier on a side street.”
“What for?”
“Head start, I guess. If anyone was following, they’d have to take the long way out because of the spikes. While I was there, some idiot blew out his tires. I thought it was gunfire at first. The whole thing was a nightmare.”
“What about Ally?”
“Said he’d call once he was safe.”
“That wasn’t the deal,”MoreLess
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