Chapter Twenty-Four (4)
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"So, is this it, then?" Bat said, slapping me on my left shoulder, which made me wince a bit. The shoulder was still sensitive from the bullet wound four years before. As good as Dr. Hellweg was, I was convinced a tiny fragment of the .44 slug he removed was still in there somewhere.
"Sorry, I forgot about that bean you have in your wing," Bat said, settling into a chair at one end of a brown leather couch. "Here, take a load off." He motioned to the couch.
"This is it," I said as I sat down on the couch. "I am headed for the Orient." "Goddamn if that isn't a shocker. How'd you manage to convince your ma and the McNabs? Why,...
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