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“You are forgiven, Penelope,” Matt said. “Out of the goodness of my heart. It will not be necessary for you to grovel in tears at my feet.”
“What was that business about a ledge at the Bellvue?” Penny asked.
“Does he often call you a goddamned fool?” Chad inquired.
“No comment,” Matt said, chuckling, trying desperately but not quite succeeding in making a joke of it.
“What was that all about?”
“He wants to see me at quarter to seven in his office, that’s all.”
“That’s not what it sounded like, buddy.” Chad chuckled.
“Tomorrow we’re going to play golf!” Penny said. “Tomorrow’s your day off. With Tom and Ginny.”
“Tomorrow, like the man said, I will be in Wohl’s o
ffice at quarter to seven. We’ll just have to make our excuses to Tom and Ginny. Are they here?”
“We are going to be at Merion at nine,” Penny said flatly.
“Chad, how do you feel about an early round?” Matt asked.
“Matt, I mean it!” Penny said.
“Or what, Penny? This is out of my control. I’m sorry, but I’m a cop.”
“You’re sorry? Your precious Inspector Wohl is not the only one who thinks you’re a goddamned fool!” Penny said.
“Would you like the goddamned fool to take you home, Penny? I’ve had about all of you I can stand for one night.”
“I’ll get home by myself, thank you very much,” Penny said.
“Oh, come on, you two,” Daffy said.
“Come on, hell!” Penny said, and walked out of the gun room.
“You better go after her, Matt,” Daffy said.
“Why? To get more of the same crap she’s been giving me all night?”
“She’s really angry with you, Matt.”
“Frankly, my dear,” Matt said, in decent mimicry of Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind, “I don’t give a damn.”
TEN
Chief Inspector Dennis V. Coughlin looked at Chief Inspector August Wohl (Retired) and then at Inspector Peter Wohl, shrugged, and said, “OK. I’ll call him.”
He leaned forward on Peter Wohl’s white leather couch for the telephone. He stopped.“I don’t have his home phone,” he said.
“I’ve got it,” Peter Wohl said. “In my bedroom.”
He pushed himself out of one of the two matching white leather armchairs and walked into his bedroom.
“I don’t like this, Augie,” Denny Coughlin said.
“It took place on his watch,” Chief Wohl said. “He was getting the big bucks to make sure things like this didn’t happen.”
