A Brief Interlude, with Pineapples

So she arrived like a bullet in the upper thigh.


Her silhouette was framed in the door, takeaway chinese food container in one hand, smoking gun in the other.


This is where I've never been good with metaphors. She'd actually shot me. Not in the upper thigh -- in the upper right arm, which made it difficult to reach for my own revolver. This is my own little embellishment on her arrival on my doorstep.


"I'm lookin' for Joe," she said.


"Joe Who?" I croaked out. Now, this wasn't entirely due to the blood loss. I've just got one of those croaky voices. Well, acquired one, thanks to the help of the good folks at Kool cigarettes.


"Murphy."


"Never heard of him."


"Oh, right." She tucked the gun under her arm, fished around in the pocket of her coat, and lobbed me a hand towel. "This is for the arm."


"Thanks, doll," I said. Unfortunately, the towel had hit the floor on the other side of my desk, and she'd hit the bricks again.



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