The Vulture (2015)
The Vulture
“The more abstemious ones were to be found at a diner on old Route 60. Those more likely to require liquid support before or after work would be found at Benny’s Sport Bar and Grille, AKA the Cop Stop, a few clicks east. Billy and Essie assumed that Frieze would probably frequent the latter and that is where they headed.
They left Picketsville toward evening and the twenty-minute drive from the office to and through Buena Vista went by in frosty silence.
Billy plastered a smile on his face. “So, is that new perfume? You smell nice.”
Essie riding shotgun, stared straight ahead. “It’s soap…Dove bar.”
Billy realized he needed to deal with the chill in the air. He also knew this wasn’t normal coming from the usually voluble Essie, and therefore, it could not be good. “Oh. Well, it’s um…nice. Say, what’s eating you, Babe?”
“When were you going to tell me?”
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