The Day of the Guns
The Day of the Guns
“Since he was waiting a block away it meant there was a team staked out to pick me up no matter where I got off and that kind of a bit meant business. It meant that they were going to be careful, too, so I went in the newsstand for a paper and made the crowd that shielded me from anybody outside and called Toomey at the Chester. It only took thirty seconds and I got the message across fast. I felt better after that.
One tail took me to the hotel, another one picked me up inside. He didn’t go up, but let a third check me through on my floor and as I went in the room he was going past the door.
Any time now.
But damn, there’s no sense playing with these types unless you can have fun at it. They had tried for one hit and missed, now it was my turn.
This time I didn’t hang on any window-washer’s hook. I had chosen my floor deliberately and outside my window, two feet down, was an eighteen-inch parapet that ran around the whole building. I climbed out, shut the window behind me and went aro...und to the third room that I had taken out in another name and popped it open.MoreLess
One tail took me to the hotel, another one picked me up inside. He didn’t go up, but let a third check me through on my floor and as I went in the room he was going past the door.
Any time now.
But damn, there’s no sense playing with these types unless you can have fun at it. They had tried for one hit and missed, now it was my turn.
This time I didn’t hang on any window-washer’s hook. I had chosen my floor deliberately and outside my window, two feet down, was an eighteen-inch parapet that ran around the whole building. I climbed out, shut the window behind me and went aro...und to the third room that I had taken out in another name and popped it open.MoreLess
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