“He stood up, stretched and walked to the window. Late afternoon, a listless gray day downtown. He and Frannie had their traditional Wednesday Date Night scheduled to begin in a couple of hours, and Hardy was tempted to call it a day and go wait for his wife at the Shamrock, discuss some philosophical conundrums with his brother-in-law Moses, who would be working behind the bar. He could have an early cocktail on the theory that it was always five o’clock somewhere.He wasn’t getting anything don...e here, that was for sure.His reaction to Monday’s problems with Glitsky and the jail had settled uneasily enough, but after his visit with Cole Burgess yesterday, the whole business lay curdling in his stomach. Something was very wrong, but he really didn’t want to get involved any further. He was too close to it, one way or the other. Also, he didn’t want to risk a serious rupture in his friendship with Abe over a lowlife such as Cole Burgess—to say nothing of the logistical problems he’d doubtlessly have with his friends Jeff and Dorothy, and her difficult mother.When the dust cleared, he was all but certain that Cole would cut some kind of deal and get low double digits in the state prison.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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