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“What?”
She stops and turns back to face the car, which now accelerates gently to co a hoirluh, what’s her name?”
A second man, smaller but with the dead eyes of a porcelain doll, says, “Schulterman”
“That’s me,” Rainy says
The car brakes and bothovercoats to conceal the bulge of shoulder holsters That they are gangsters is not in question, they practically have the word gangster hung on a sandwich board around their necks
“Come on, Rainy,” Halev says nervously
“I’ht”
“But—”
“It’s some
thing” She searches for the word and only comes up with, “Official”
“I see”
“I had a great time”
“So did I But these gentleht kiss”
Rainy smiles “Next time?”
“Promise?” he asks with a crooked smile that reveals a sweet mix of desire and bashfulness