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The Kim Li Diaries: Chapter Two
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by
moJoe
Fri Dec 01 2000 at 3:56:25
The man turned briefly to look up and down the decaying hallway from which he came. Satisfied, he closed the door and slid the
bolt
. Flashing a nervous smile he crossed the room. He slid into the proffered seat hastily, with only a slight frown at its battered condition, and introduced himself as Kim.
"And what brings to this fine establishment, Mr. Kim?" Deck inquired as he rummaged in his desk drawer. Sliding a glass of highly questionable cleanliness into the center of his desk, he tipped the empty bottle over it.
"Drink?" he asked.
Kim blanched and declined politely. "Well, Mr. Coffield, I would like to retain your services."
Deck leaned back in his chair and
fondled
his
tumbler
of JTS Brown like a lover, "No shit?" He cocked an eyebrow ironically: "Who's she cheatin' with;
best friend
? Say, you ain't datin' a broad name a Mona are ya?"
"No, no, you misunderstand me, Mr. Coffield; this case, it is probably not the sort of work that you are used to doing," Kim explained as he shifted in his seat
uncomfortably
. (In a stroke of
drunken genius
, Deck had long ago broken a spring in the "client seat" in order to keep conversations as short as possible. He was not a man for
social interaction
.) "What I need, Mr. Coffield, is for you to hold this for me." Kim produced a small green book that was
padlock
ed
shut
by a riveted metal clasp. He held it up and then slid it across the desk.
"Later, I may need other services from you; but for now, here is five-hundred dollars." He pulled a rubber-banded wad from his jacket pocket, counted off twenty-five fresh looking
Jackson
s and laid them next to the book. He then began to scrawl on a matchbook cover. "I will call your office every day at 5PM sharp. If I do not call--even once--you take that book to this address." He looked up, dropping the matchbook on the stack of bills. "Do this and another $500 is yours."
"5PM, eh?" Deck grunted, eyeing the address on the matchbook and then tucking it in his
shirt pocket
. "I should charge you double for making me miss
Happy Hour
."
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