Unfinished Business (Kit Tolliver #12) (The Kit Tolliver Stories) (6 page)
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Authors: Lawrence Block
“But there are a couple of things you ought to know. First of all, you know how you told me your name was Sid, but it’s not?”
“Hey, I’m sorry about that, but—”
“No, it’s cool, but the thing is my name’s not Gloria.”
“So Sid and Gloria are actually . . .”
“Ken and Kim.”
“Kim,” he said, and looked her over, and nodded. “Works for me. Ken, Kim, Ree—three people, three letters each. Keeps the typesetting costs down.”
“Except sometimes Ree calls me Kimmie.”
“Kimmie. Well, that works, too. If that’s all I need to know—”
“One other thing,” Ree said, “is neither of us has any pubic hair. See, Kimmie went and got herself a Brazilian, and I liked it so much I went and got one for myself.”
“And that leads into the third thing you should know,” she said, “which is that Ree and I are kind of into each other. So if that’s something that turns your stomach—”
“Turns me on, is what it does.”
“Then maybe we should all go inspect that suite you mentioned.”
The suite was luxurious, the bed king-sized. When he finally excused himself to go to the bathroom, Ree said, “You know what I almost forgot?”
“How much you love cock.”
“Yeah. He’s got a nice one, too.”
“You like him, don’t you?”
“Sure. He’s a nice guy. Oh, like maybe I don’t want to go through with it? Kimmie, he’s the guy. That means there’s only one way this can end.”
“I wish I’d brought a knife.”
“Tell him you’re hungry. They’ve got 24-hour room service, don’t they? Order a steak, they’ll give you a steak knife with it.”
“Maybe. You know what? I bet he’d let us tie him up. Once he’s tied up there’s a dozen different ways I could do it.”
“Tie him up with what?”
“The cord from the window shades. No, we’d need a knife anyway just to cut the cord. Oh, the tie-back sashes! Like to hold the drapes in place. That would work.”
“Are there enough?”
“Two pairs here, two in the living room. That’s eight, that’s more than enough. Once he’s tied up you can just wait in the other room, and—”
“No way. I want to see it.”
“Are you sure?”
“The whole idea is so hot. I might even want to help.”
“You think? Shhh, here he comes. Ken, Ree and I were beginning to think you fell in.”
“Oh, I figured I’d give the two of you a chance to do some more of that girl-girl stuff.”
“Without you watching and joining in? Where’s the fun in that?”
“God,” he said, “how’d I get so lucky?”
And Ree said, “Seriously, Ken, you were gone a long time. Do you feel okay?”
“You want to know how I feel? I feel like I died and went to heaven. What, did I say something funny?”
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BOUT THE
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published his first novel in 1958. He has been designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK), the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. He has won the Nero, Philip Marlowe, Societe 813, and Anthony awards, and is a multiple recipient of the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon awards. He and his wife, Lynne, are devout New Yorkers and relentless world travelers.
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