I mean it?s an error they?re in another suite... 921
I mean it?s an error they?re in
another suite The clerk pounded his bell with ferocity?Bellboy, bellboy!?
?No need for that, young fella, I travel lightJust give me the key and point me in the right
direction
?Yes, sir!?
?I trust you?ve got a few bottles of decent whisky up there, as usual??
?If they?re not, they will be, MrAny particular brands??
?Good rye, good bourbon and good brandyThe white stuff is for sissies, right??
?Right, sirRight away, sir!?
Twenty minutes later, his face washed and a drink in his hand, Prefontaine picked up the phone
and dialed Dr
?The Gates residence,? said the woman on the line
?Oh, come on, Edie, I?d know your voice under water and cheap imitation chanel bags it?s been almost thirty years
?I know yours, too, but I simply can?t place it
?Try a rough adjunct professor at the law school who kept beating the hell out of your husband,
which made no impression upon him and he was probably right because I ended up in jailThe first
of the local judges to be put away, and rightfully so
?Brendan? Dear God, it?s you! I never believed all those things they said about you
?Believe, my sweet, they were trueBut right now I have to speak to the lord of the GatesIs he
there??
?I suppose he is, I don?t really knowHe doesn?t speak to me very much anymore
?Things are not well, my dear??
?I?d love to talk to you, BrendanHe?s got a problem, a dior saddle problem I never knew about
?I suspect he has, Edie, and of course we?ll talkBut at the moment I have to speak with him
?I?ll call him on the intercom
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?Don?t tell him it?s me, EdithTell him it?s a man named Blackburne from the island of
Montserrat in the Caribbean
?What??
?Do as I say, dear EdieIt?s for his sake as well as yours?perhaps more for you, if truth were
told
?He?s sick, BrendanLet?s try to make him wellGet him on the line for me
?I?ll put you on hold
The silence was interminable, the two minutes more like two hours until the graveled voice of
Randolph Gates exploded on the line?Who are you?? whispered the vintage omega watches celebrated attorney
?Relax, Randy, it?s BrendanEdith didn?t recognize my voice, but I sure remembered hers
You?re one lucky fellow
?What do you want? What?s this about Montserrat??
?Well, I just came back from there??
?You what??
?I decided I needed a vacation!? Gates?s whisper was now essentially a cry of panic
?Oh, but I did, and because I did your whole life is going to changeYou see, I ran into the
woman and her two children that you were so interested in, remember them? It?s quite a story and I
want to tell it to you in all its fascinating detailYou set them up to be killed, Dandy Randy, and
that?s a no-no
?I don?t know what you?re talking about! I?ve never heard of fake chanel Montserrat or any woman with two
childrenYou?re a desperate sniveling drunk and I?ll deny your insane allegations as the alcoholic
fantasies of a convicted felon!?
?Well done, CounselorBut denying any allegations made by me isn?t the core of your dilemma??
?A certain man in Paris, someone I didn?t realize was a living person, but I learned otherwise
It?s somewhat murky how it came about, but a strange thing happened in MontserratI was
mistaken for youwhat?? Gates was barely audible, his thin voice tremulousOdd, isn?t it? I imagine that when this man in Paris tried to reach you here in Boston,
someone told him your imperial presence was out or away and that?s how the mix-up miu miu nappa beg
