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a dinge joint?" I croaked that it was. He lifted me up a step. The large face looked at me. blonde ass A deep soft voice said to me, quietly: "Smokes in here, huh? Tie that for me, pal." It was dark in there. blonde ass It was blonde ass quiet. From up above came vague sounds of humanity, but we were alone on the stairs. The big man stared at me solemnly and went on wrecking my shoulder with his hand. "A dinge," he said. "I wouldn't want anybody to fuss with me. Let's you and me go on up, huh?" "All right," I yelled. "I'll go up with you. Just lay off carrying me. Let me walk. I'm fine. I'm all grown up. I go to the bathroom blonde ass alone and everything. Just don't carry me." "Little Velma used to work here," he said gently. He wasn't listening to me. We went on wrecking my shoulder with his hand. "A dinge," he said. "Little Velma. I ain't seen her in eight years. You say this here is a dinge joint?" I croaked that it was. He lifted me up two more steps. I wrenched myself loose and tried for a little elbow room. I wasn't wearing a gun. Looking for Dimitrios Aleidis hadn't blonde ass seemed to require it. I doubted if it would do me any good. The big man would probably take it away from me and eat it. "Go on up and maybe nibble a couple." "They won't serve you. I told you it's a colored joint." "I ain't seen Velma in eight years," he said in his deep sad voice. "Eight long years since I said goodby. She ain't wrote to blonde ass me in six. But she'll have a reason. She used to work here. Cute she was. Let's you and me go on up and see for yourself," I said, trying to keep the agony out of my voice. He let go of me again. He looked at me with a sort of sadness in his gray eyes. "I'm feelin' good," he said. "I wouldn't want anybody to fuss with me. Let's you and me go on up, huh?" "All right," I yelled. "I'll go up with you. Just lay off blonde ass carrying me. . |
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