"Ron Goulart - Please Stand By" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goulart Ron)

Max reached for the price tag on a pair of orange leather slippers. The beaded screen at the back of the
shop clattered.

"You a faggot or something, buddy?" asked the heavy-set man who came into the room.

"No, sir. Sorry."

"Then you don't want that pair of slippers. That's my faggot special. Also comes in light green. Who are
you?"

"Max Kearny. Are you Claude Waller?"

Waller was wearing a loose, brown suit. He unbuttoned the coat and sat down on a stool in front of the
counter. "That's who I am. The little old shoemaker."

Max nodded.

"That's a switch on the wine commercial with the little old winemaker."


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 Please Stand By


"I know."

"My humor always bombs. It's like my life. A big bomb. What do you want?"

"I hear you're a magician."

"No."

"You aren't?"

"Not anymore. My ex-wife, that flat-chested bitch, and I have reunited. I don't know what happened. I'm
a tough guy. I don't take any crap."

"I'd say so."

"Then why'd I send her two hundred bucks to come up here?"

"Is there time to stop the check?"

"I sent cash."

"You're stuck then, I guess."

"She's not that bad."