White Shadow
White Shadow
“He then stood, looked at the seat, knowing it had been the Old Man’s, and moved into a kitchen chair brought in by one of the deputies. He’d seen the Old Man sprawled out like that with the gash in his throat, and now he had a bunch of cops ringing him with their notepads out. He rubbed his hands together and waited for the stenographer to get set up.
Baby Joe wore blousy black pants, a white silk shirt, and a short and fat pink tie decorated with a royal flush of cards. A gold-and-ruby clip da...ngled from his tie while he leaned forward and chewed gum. Sure he was small—the reason for the nickname—but he was husky and strong as hell, and most folks knew the stories around Ybor about Baby Joe embarrassing men twice his size. He smiled with his black eyes at everyone watching him, struggling to find some kind of comfort in the silence.
Captain Franks sat on the couch with his boss, O. C. “Ozzie” Beynon, inspector of detectives, and State Attorney Red McEwen. McEwen smiled at Baby Joe and adjusted the frames of his trademark tortoiseshell glasses, and asked: “Shall we?”MoreLess
Baby Joe wore blousy black pants, a white silk shirt, and a short and fat pink tie decorated with a royal flush of cards. A gold-and-ruby clip da...ngled from his tie while he leaned forward and chewed gum. Sure he was small—the reason for the nickname—but he was husky and strong as hell, and most folks knew the stories around Ybor about Baby Joe embarrassing men twice his size. He smiled with his black eyes at everyone watching him, struggling to find some kind of comfort in the silence.
Captain Franks sat on the couch with his boss, O. C. “Ozzie” Beynon, inspector of detectives, and State Attorney Red McEwen. McEwen smiled at Baby Joe and adjusted the frames of his trademark tortoiseshell glasses, and asked: “Shall we?”MoreLess
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