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“Some things he said.”
“That’s it?”
“That, and he and Phoebe probably wear the same size dress,” Margot said, leaving out the part about the straight razor. She found it curious that, in a world with no shortage of combat knives and switchblades, Lucas carried a straight razor a lot like the one Phoebe said was stolen from her place.
Chapter 11
Bobby was sitting at the bar drinking a dark beer when Margot sat down next to him. Since she was working, she ordered a light beer.
Bobby didn’t look at her as he said, “We both know this isn’t the kind of place you drink.”
“Is that so?”
“You come here looking for payback? I was willing to call it even.”
“Since we’re even, I thought maybe we could talk.”
“About what? You ain’t really my type, so I’m not sure what we’ve got to talk about.”
“Lucas.”
“What about him? I know he talks a lot of shit, but if you were two inches from officially being a midget, it might make you a little angry too.”
“Are you saying he’s got issues?”
“I’m not saying shit, but isn’t it kind of obvious?”
Margot took out her digital recorder.
“You recording this?”
“No, I usually do, but I figure you’d want this conversation off the record and I’m fine with that.”
“You say that like there’s going to be a conversation.”
Margot played the sound she had queued up.
“Keep talking, bitch. The last woman who disrespected wished she hadn’t.”
“That sounds like Lucas,” Bobby told her.
“You know who the ‘last woman who disrespected him’ was?”
“Dude didn’t get a lot of respect, especially from the ladies.”
“That include Rita?”
“That includes the entire female gender unless he was paying them. I don’t know if you noticed, but besides not being a physical specimen, he’s not exactly charming. What are you getting at?”
“Okay, in the course of his duties, did he and Rita ever run across each other?”
“Yeah, the fact was, she was really the head of Helms’ operation. She liked to let him pretend he was running things, but if we needed something done, she was the one to talk to. I can’t remember anything specific though.”
“Did he know Rita threatened to expose your business with Tim and Helms?”
“Yeah, he heard, so what?”
“How bad does Lucas want to impress Harry?”
