However, in the current state of affairs, he was...
However, in the current state of
affairs, he was not comic at all; his obsequiousness was in itself menacingOver his left arm were
the psychiatrist’s clothes
“Okay, Doc, you gotta get dressedI made sure everything was cleaned and pressed, even the
undershortsHow about that?”
“You mean you have your own laundry and dry cleaners out here?”
“Fuck no, we take ’em over to— Oh, no, you don’t get me that way, Doc!” The guard grinned
with slightly yellowed teeth“Pretty smart, huh? You figure I’ll tell you where we are, huh?”
“I was simply curiousLike I got a nephew, my sister’s kid, who’s always ‘simply curious,’ askin’ me
questions I don’t wanna answerLike, ‘Hey, Unc, how’d you put me through medical school, huh?’
Yeah! He’s a doctor, like prada gauffre bag you, what do you think of that?”
“I’d say his mother’s brother is a very generous person
“Yeah, well, wadda you gonna do, huh? Come on, put on the threads, Doc, we’re going on a
little trip The guard handed Mo his clothes
“I suppose it would be foolish to ask where,” said Panov, getting out of the chair, removing his
hospital nightshirt and putting on his shorts
“I hope not as foolish as your nephew not telling you about a symptom you have that I’d find
somewhat alarming if I were you Mo casually pulled up his trousers
“Wadda you talkin’?”
“Perhaps nothing,” replied Panov, putting on his shirt and sitting down to pull up his socks
“When did you last see your nephew?”
“A couple of weeks agoI put in some bread to cover his gucci bag sale insuranceShit, those mothers are
bleeders! Wadda you mean when did I last see the prick?”
“I just wondered if he said anything to you
“About what?”
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“About your mouth Mo laced his shoes and gestured with his head“There’s a mirror over the
bureau, go take a look
“At what?” The capo subordinato walked quickly to the mirror
“At what?”
“YourselfSee the yellow on your teeth, the fading red of your gums and how the gums
recede the higher they go?”
“So? They always been like that—”
“It might benothing, but he should have spotted it
“Spotted what, for Christ’s sake?”
“Oral ameloblastoma
“What the hell is that? I don’t brush too good and I don’t like dentistsThey’re butchers!”
“You mean you haven’t seen a gucci watches for women dentist or an oral surgeon in quite a while?”
“So?” The capo bared his teeth again in front of the mirror
“That could explain why your nephew didn’t say anything
“Why?”
“He probably figures you have regular dental checkups, so let those people explain it to you
Shoes tied, Panov stood up
“Well, he’s grateful for everything you’ve done for him, appreciative of your generosityI can
understand why he’d hesitate telling you
“Telling me what?” The guard spun away from the mirror
“I could be wrong but you really ought to see a periodontist Mo put on his jacket“I’m ready,”
he said“What do we do now?”
The capo subordinato, his eyes squinting, his forehead creased in ignorance and suspicion,
reached into his pocket and pulled out a large tiffany and co. jewelry black kerchief“Sorry, Doc, but I gotta blindfold
you
“Is that so you can put a bullet in my head when, mercifully, I don’t know it’s going to happen?”
“No, Doctor
“Valuable?” asked the capo supremo rhetorically in his opulent living room in Brooklyn
Heights“Like a gold mine just popped out of the ground and landed in your minestroneThis Jew
has worked on the heads of some of the biggest lasagnas in WashingtonHis files have got to be
worth the price of Detroit
“You’ll never get them, Louis,” said the attractive middle-aged man dressed in an expensive
tropical worsted suit sitting across from his host“They’ll be sealed and carted off out of your
reach
“Well, we’re working on that, MrPark Avenue, ManhattanSay—just for laughs—say we tiffany jewelry replica got
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