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"Billy Joe," she said to Lefty. "I _told_ them you were coming." "Hi, Pheola," he said. "Good for you." He sounded pleased. There were steps above, and two others joined us. BILLY JOE SHE SAID TO LEFY I TOLD THEM YOU WERE COMING I FEELLA HE SAID GOOD FOR YOU HE SOUNDED PLEASED THERE WERE STEPS ABOVE AND TWO OTHERS JOINED US
had been holding the gun on me from behind. The gunman had sure drifted in one awful hurry. There wasn't a soul except Lefty around. He hopped in after me. The turbine howled as the driver gunned us up on the air cushion and sent us skimming away. The trip lasted only four or five minutes through the thinning traffic of late evening. We pulled up in front of a brownstone house in the upper Eighties that reared up four stories among a string of three-story neighbors. I limped to the top of the steps after Lefty. He let us in with a key. We were in a dimly-lit hall that had a staircase against its left wall and an open door at its right, leading into a darkened room. A tall skinny girl was sitting about a third of the way up the carpeted flight of steps. Her face was drawn out to a point by a long, thin nose. "Here they are," she called up the stairway, showing braces on her teeth. She stood up and came down the hall. She was clad in a shortie wrapper that showed off her race-horse legs. N I SAT DOWN AND SEE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING THE GUN ON ME FROM BEHIND THE GUNMEN HAD SURE DRIFTED IN ONE AWFUL HURRY THERE WASN'T A SOUL EXCEPT LEFY AROUND HE HOPPED IN AFTER ME THE TURBINE HOWLED AS THE DRIVER GUNNED US UP ON THE AIR CUSHION AND SENT US SKIMMING AWAY THE TRIP LASTED ONLY FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES THROUGH THE THINNING TRAFFIC OF LATE EVENING WE PULLED UP IN FRONT OF A BROWNSTONE HOUSE IN THE UPPERIGHTIES THAT REARED UP FOUR STORIES AMONG A STRING OF THREE STORY NEIGHBORS I LIMPED TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS AFTER LEFTY HE LED US IN WITH A KEY WE WERE IN A DIMLY LIT HALL THAT HAD A STAIRCASE AGAINST ITS LEFT WALL AND AN OPEN DOOR AT ITS RIGHT LEADING INTO A DARKENED ROOM A TALL SKINNY GIRL WAS SITTING ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY UP THE CARPETED FLIGHT OF STEPS HER FACE WAS DRAWN OUT TO A POINT BY A LONG THIN NOSE HERE THEY ARE SHE CALLED UP THE STAIRWAY SHOWING BRACES ON HER TEETH SHE STOOD UP AND CAME DOWN THE HALL SHE WAS CLAD IN A SHORTY WRAPPER THAT SHOWED OFF HER RACE HORSE LEGS
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