The Palace Guard (2012)
“SAID Bittersohn. “It’s Sarah and Max. Mind if we come down for a second?”
“No-o.” There was the barest shade of irritation in the soft voice as Bill got up and switched on the lights so they wouldn’t break their necks on the stairs from the balcony. “I might as well have stayed for the game. There’s more action here tonight than in my own pad.”
“Sorry, Bill. That’ll teach you to sack in with Plutonic women. How long did Nick stay?”
“Long enough to say good-bye. He was looking for Lydia.”
“Did y...ou tell him about the Russian roulette?”
“Su-ure. Why not?”
“What does he think?”
Bill began to draw pictures in the air. “Nick says it just goes to show. Nobody ever knows anybody.”
“In other words he doesn’t believe it, either.”
“What can I say, Maxie? Everybody figured she was putting us on. You know Lydia. I mean as well as anybody can know anybody.”
“No, I don’t know her that well, but I know her. Damn it, Lydia was having a ball tonight.MoreLess
“No-o.” There was the barest shade of irritation in the soft voice as Bill got up and switched on the lights so they wouldn’t break their necks on the stairs from the balcony. “I might as well have stayed for the game. There’s more action here tonight than in my own pad.”
“Sorry, Bill. That’ll teach you to sack in with Plutonic women. How long did Nick stay?”
“Long enough to say good-bye. He was looking for Lydia.”
“Did y...ou tell him about the Russian roulette?”
“Su-ure. Why not?”
“What does he think?”
Bill began to draw pictures in the air. “Nick says it just goes to show. Nobody ever knows anybody.”
“In other words he doesn’t believe it, either.”
“What can I say, Maxie? Everybody figured she was putting us on. You know Lydia. I mean as well as anybody can know anybody.”
“No, I don’t know her that well, but I know her. Damn it, Lydia was having a ball tonight.MoreLess
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