The Sunshine Killers (2016)
“They were at one of the tables, a bottle of whiskey between them, empty breakfast dishes pushed to one side. With his clothes still looking as if they’d been hurriedly thrown on, and a light growth of beard on his cheeks, McGraw didn’t look so much the polished gentleman. Billy was saying to him, “The point is, Mister McGraw, we got to somehow make good out of what’s happened. I know it wasn’t supposed to happen, but it has. I feel guilty as hell about it on account of my part, but I can’t do a...nything about that. I just figure we can come out smelling like a rose.”
McGraw had grown angrier as the full impact of what had happened had come home. He said coldly, “This job has involved some intense planning. Intense! And a great deal of work on my part and a great deal of money laid out by our bankers.”
“I appreciate that, sir,” Billy said doggedly, “and I wouldn’t have had this happen for the world. But Ray Tomlain is dead and we got this pilgrim on our hands. Maybe this man ain’t the rifle shot Tomlain was—I doubt few men are.MoreLess
McGraw had grown angrier as the full impact of what had happened had come home. He said coldly, “This job has involved some intense planning. Intense! And a great deal of work on my part and a great deal of money laid out by our bankers.”
“I appreciate that, sir,” Billy said doggedly, “and I wouldn’t have had this happen for the world. But Ray Tomlain is dead and we got this pilgrim on our hands. Maybe this man ain’t the rifle shot Tomlain was—I doubt few men are.MoreLess
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