Yesterday's News (2012)
“Leaving the Prelude near Bun’s, I entered the alley just as a cloud passed across the moon, followed by a flash of lightning and the eventual rumble of distant thunder. Liz would be missing her stars. A second flash allowed me to spot Vip, curled around the wheels of a dumpster maybe ten feet from the back door of Gotbaum’s bar.
Bending down, I said, “You called me?”
His feet, shod in old combat boots, squirmed and resettled.
I tugged on one of the boots. “Vip, it’s John Cuddy. You called me?”
...Using an elbow as a fulcrum, he passed a palm over his face. “Awake, officer. I’s awake.”
“Vip, it’s John Cuddy.”
“Cuddy?”
“Yes. You called me, remember?”
“Right, right. You don’t gots to spell it out for me, you know? I’m not a fuckin drunk, like some peoples I could mention.”
“You ready to talk now?”
“You ready to pay now?”
I took a twenty from my pocket and held it close enough for him to see the denomination. “Start talking.”
“Not till I gets the twenty.”MoreLess
Bending down, I said, “You called me?”
His feet, shod in old combat boots, squirmed and resettled.
I tugged on one of the boots. “Vip, it’s John Cuddy. You called me?”
...Using an elbow as a fulcrum, he passed a palm over his face. “Awake, officer. I’s awake.”
“Vip, it’s John Cuddy.”
“Cuddy?”
“Yes. You called me, remember?”
“Right, right. You don’t gots to spell it out for me, you know? I’m not a fuckin drunk, like some peoples I could mention.”
“You ready to talk now?”
“You ready to pay now?”
I took a twenty from my pocket and held it close enough for him to see the denomination. “Start talking.”
“Not till I gets the twenty.”MoreLess
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