Gold Coast (2002)
Gold Coast
“Ed had her private number. Jimmy Cap had her number. Her mother in Homestead had it. Ed’s lawyer— Grossi heard her say on the phone, after she had answered in a hesitant voice and spoke to whoever it was for a moment, “What? . . . What’re you talking about? I never gave it to you . . . I did not.”
Tough lady. Very soft and good to him but a tough lady to keep between him and other people. Twelve years she had worked for him: in the beginning somebody to go to bed with, good-looking young Cuban ...broad; but too intelligent to remain only a piece of ass. More intelligent, basically, than himself or anyone in the organization; but a little weak in self-confidence because she had been a migrant farmworker and was sometimes intimidated by people with loud voices. Something she had to learn: Loudness did not mean strength or power. Though she could be loud herself sometimes and it seemed to work.
He liked to come here and be alone with Vivian for a few days at a time. Do some thinking.MoreLess
Tough lady. Very soft and good to him but a tough lady to keep between him and other people. Twelve years she had worked for him: in the beginning somebody to go to bed with, good-looking young Cuban ...broad; but too intelligent to remain only a piece of ass. More intelligent, basically, than himself or anyone in the organization; but a little weak in self-confidence because she had been a migrant farmworker and was sometimes intimidated by people with loud voices. Something she had to learn: Loudness did not mean strength or power. Though she could be loud herself sometimes and it seemed to work.
He liked to come here and be alone with Vivian for a few days at a time. Do some thinking.MoreLess
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