she went all the way

1、AVON BOOKS HarperCollinsPublishers For Benjamin CONTENTS Acknowledgements Chapter: 1 2 3 456 7 8 91011 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 3031 32 33 34over to his partner, pointing to the picture of the a

2、ttractive couple on the cover and tilting it so that the struggling captive could see the photo, too. “Look at this“ he said. “See this guy? The one in the tux? That’s my sister’s boyfriend. Or was.“ The junkie peerin

3、g at the photo didn’t seem to notice when G used this momentary distraction to snap his cuffs in place. “Get outta town“ the man said. “No,“ Nick said. “Really.“ Even G, still holding the junkie by the arms, looked

4、skeptical. “Yeah,“ he said, sarcastically. “And my sister’s dating Denzel Washington. C’mon, Nick. I wanna get a hashbrown down at the Ds. You know they stop servin’em after ten- thirty.“ “I am telling you,“ Nick said,

5、 holding the paper out so that the owner of the newsstand, who’d been looking on with interest, could see the photo, too. “That is my sister’s boyfriend. Two of ’em were livin’ together up until about a few months ag

6、o, and the rat went and married somebody else behind her back. Can you believe that?“ The newsstand owner replied, his Bangladeshi accent so thick that his English was barely understandable, “No, sir, that I cannot b

7、elieve.“ “She wrote that movie, you know,“ Nick said to the newsstand owner. “My sister did. The one that made them both so famous.“ “You are shitting me, sir,“ the newsstand owner said politely. “No, I’m not,“ Nick s

8、aid. “I swear it. Lou wrote it as, you know, a whadduyacallit. A vehicle. For Barry.“ “Who is Barry, sir?“ the newsstand owner wanted to know. “This guy.“ Nick pointed at the paper. “Bruno di Blase. That’s not his rea

9、l name. That’s his, you know, stage name. His real name is Barry. Barry Kimmel. He grew up in our neighborhood out on the island. I used to make him eat bugs.“ He noticed the disapproving look his partner sent him, a

10、nd said, with a shrug, “Well, you know. We were kids.“ G, still holding onto the junkie, grunted. “Oh, yeah. Barry. I forgot. Tough break for Lou. You don’t stop squirming around, I swear to God—“ The junkie however,