Part 25 (1/2)
”You'll steal some other car, then.”
”I suppose so.”
”Take me with you.”
”Huh?”
”Why not?” She leaned forward, laid a hand on my arm. ”Why the h.e.l.l not, Bern? I can help. I didn't get in the way when we stole Randy's Polaroid, did I?”
”We borrowed borrowed Randy's Polaroid.” Randy's Polaroid.”
”Bulls.h.i.+t. We stole it. Then we happened to give it back when we were done with it. If you look at it that way, I'm an old hand at this breaking-and-entering business. Take me along, Bern. Please? I'll get rubber gloves and cut the palms out, I'll pa.s.s up my after-work drink, I'll do anything you say. Please? Please?”
”Jesus,” I said. ”You're... you're an honest citizen, Carolyn. No record. A respectable position in the community.”
”I wash dogs, Bern. Big hairy deal.”
”There's a risk.”
”Screw the risk.”
”And I always work alone, see. I never use a partner.”
”Oh.” Her face fell. ”Well, that's it, then. I didn't think of it that way. I'd probably be a drag anyway, wouldn't I? It's okay, Bern. I don't mind.”
”No drink after work.”
”Not a drop. I can come?”
”And you can't ever tell a soul. Not Randy, not some future lover. n.o.body.”
”My lips are sealed. Are you serious? I can come?”
I shrugged. ”What the h.e.l.l,” I said. ”You were handy the other night. You might be useful to have around.”
About the Author.
A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, LAWRENCE BLOCK is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and j.a.pan. He also received the British Crime Writers' a.s.sociation's prestigious Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in crime writing. The author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories, he is a devout New Yorker and enthusiastic world traveler. You can visit his website at .
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