| Private Dick by Anthony Ainsworth & Lucas Vereline [email protected] & [email protected] |
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| Leon stood up and stretched. A skinny man sat in front of the big screen TV naked except for a white sailors hat; above his head hung a sign that read: "You must wear clothing in the common areas � thank you, The Management". Next to him, smoking a cigarette, the manager lolled in a chair underneath the �No Smoking� sign and finally to give a complete sense of anarchy in the Bath-House a naked man who didn�t work for the Baths strode through the kitchen where, very prominently at the entrances is posted: �No one allowed in the Kitchen except employees.� "And by the way," said Max squinting his eyes as if trying extremely hard to remember something obscure, "I remember the whole situation surrounding them - The Titties that is - was odd. There was something ... off about them. I couldn't put my finger on what it was though." Max paused and looked pensively into the TV where he found nothing. "Oh well," he said, "When are you coming over to meet my niece. I'll buy a couple of nice bottles of wine, cook you a nice meal and perhaps I might have something that calls me away halfway through. Think about it." "I've got to run," said Leon. "I'll call you." Leon changed and dropped the locker key off with Akakii who was brushing the lint off a new overcoat with a fine cat-skin collar that, from a good distance, could be thought of as lynx fur. "Have a good day," yelled Akakii as Leon rushed into the streets, which were packed with lunch hour traffic. Businessmen packed into the bars to drink their liquid lunches of vodka martinis and peanuts while glowering at the stock ticker rolling past on CNN. Leon walked down the street feeling lost and wondering what Max could have meant by the fact that The Twin Titties were odd. Needing more information he called James up at the office. "Have you gone through that envelope," he barked into his cell phone trying to compete with the street noise. "No. I'll be getting to that soon," said James. "I had to finish off filing my nails... no I'm just playing with you. I went through the packet and I'll have an informational sheet ready for you on the Twin Titties history and everything when you get back here this afternoon." "OK. I'm going to the library now," said Leon. "I thought you were just there," said the secretary. "No. I went to the spa to talk with Max and got some good leads," said Leon. "You don't have to justify it to me," said James, "I'm just the one sitting in the office actually doing work." "...And the rich continue to get richer off the sweaty backs of the poor," Leon hung up the phone and caught the bus to the library. |
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