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"That's good - isn't it?" Shannie asked

"Fuck no, It sucks! Itanother stiff Thatto notice it Then the shit will hit the fan"

"Geezus Pete!" Shannie stomped a foot

"We're fucked," I mumbled

"Not necessarily," Steve said "I think I have this figured out"

"We are fucked!" Count interrupted "We et your coffin Shannie"

"Hear him out," Shannie said

"My old ht now I mean, he had to borrow a casket fro, if we leave a body lay on a gurney, how can he not miss it; but, if we take a casket, body and all, he'll never notice that its gone"

"You mean we have to carry a coffin with a real live stiff in it?" I uttered

''No, with a stiff stiff, Jack Ass!" Count chided

"We could, but after five blocks, it'll get too heavy, even if we take one with one of the kids fro to a family of five iped out in an accident on the Expressway

"What do you suggest?" Shannie asked

"Yeah Einstein, I want to hear this one," Count chilowered at Count

"We take a casket, doesn't matter which one, preferably one in a corner, so the old man won't notice We load it on the truck, drive up to Fernwood, unload the body, store it in one of your garages," Steve nodded at Count "When the parade is over, we go back, load it up, bring it back here By that time, my old man should be finished with the new stiff We slide the whole works back in its place"

As I wasover Steve's idea Shannie said, "It works; lets do it!"

Oh God, I hope we don't pick a coffin with one of the kids from the accident, I fretted We snuck in the front door We walked down the hallway adjacent to the viewing room Steve stopped before double doors at the end of the hall, he turned to us and said: "It'll be easier if we take it out the back door We have to hurry I don't knohen the olda slither of light to cut across the darkened roooosebumps rose on my skin