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.Keeping busyGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlmakes me think about it less.I'll come by tonight.Leave a light burning.InezEd changed and taped his spare key to the door.He left a light burning.CHAPTER THIRTY-TWOJack in his car, waiting to tail Bud White.Mangled hands, fruit-caked clothes--a shift breaking down garage doors, high-spirited darkies japping the search teams--rooftop hit-and-runs.No luck on Coates'Merc; Millard's bomb still exploding, lucky he heard by phone--he would have shit his pants otherwise."Vincennes, two witnesses have contacted Ellis Loew.They said Duke Cathcart was involved in some kind of unrealized scheme to push that smut we've been chasing.My guess is that it doesn't connect to the Nite Owl, but have you come up with anything?"He said, "No." He asked if the other guys on the squad hit pay dirt.Millard said, "No."He didn't tell him his reports were all bullshit.He didn't tell him he didn't care if the smut gig and the Nite Owl were doubled up from here to Mars.He didn't tell him he wouldn't rest easy until he had Sid Hudgens' file in his hand and the niggers sucked gas--guilty or not.Eyes on the bullpen back door: blues hauling in sex geeks.Bud White inside--rubber hose work.He blew his tail last night--Dudley was pissed.Tonight he'd stick close, then hit Hudgens: get the Malibu Rendezvous wiped.White walked out.Good light: Jack saw blood on his shirt.He hit the ignition, waited.CHAPTER THIRTY-THREENo colored lights--white light behind closed curtains.Bud pushed the buzzer.The door opened--backlight on Lynn Bracken."Yes? Are you the policeman Pierce told me about?""That's right.Did Patchett tell you what it was about?"She held the door open."He said you weren't quite sure yourself, and he said I should be candid and cooperate with you."Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"You do everything he tells you?""Yes, I do."Bud walked in.Lynn said, "The paintings are real and I'm a prostitute.I've never heard of Kathy what's-her-name, and Dwight Gilette would never sexually abuse a female.If he were going to kill one, he would have used a knife.I have heard of that man Duke Cathcart, essentially that he was a loser with a soft spot for his girls.And that's all the news that's fit to print.""You finished?""No.I have no information on Dwight's other girls, and all I know about that Nite Owl thing is what I read in the papers.Satisfied?"Bud almost laughed."You and Patchett had _some_ talk.Did he call you last night?""No, this morning.Why?""Never mind.""It's Officer White, isn't it?""It's Bud."Lynn laughed."_Bud_, do you believe what Pierce and I have told you?""Yeah, pretty much.""And you know why we're humoring you.""You use words like that, you might make me mad.""Yes.But you know.""Yeah, I know.Patchett's running whores, maybe other stuff on the side.You don't want me to report you on it.""That's right.Our motives are selfish, so we're cooperating.""You want some advice, Miss Bracken?""It's Lynn.""Miss Bracken, here's my advice.Keep cooperating and don't fucking ever try to bribe me or threaten me or I'll have you and Patchett in shit up to your ears."Lynn smiled.Bud caught it--Veronica Lake in some turkey he saw, Alan Ladd comes home from the war to find his bitch wife snuffed."Do you want a drink, _Bud?_""Yeah, plain scotch."Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlLynn walked to the kitchen, came back with two short ones."Are they making progress on the girl's killing?"Bud knocked his back."There's three men on it.It's a sex job, so they'll round up all the usual perverts.They'll give it a decent shot for a couple of weeks, then let it go.""But you won't let it go.""Maybe, maybe not.""Why are you so concerned?""Old stuff""Old personal stuff?""Yeah."Lynn sipped her drink."Just asking.And what about the Nite Owl thing?""That's coming down to these mg--colored guys we arrested.It's a big fucking mess.""You say 'fuck' a lot.""You fuck for money.""There's blood on your shirt.Is that an integral part of your job?""Yeah
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