Laundry Man

Серия: Jack Shepherd, книга 1

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It began exactly the way the end of the world will begin. With a telephone call at two o’clock in the morning.

“Jack Shepherd,” I croaked.

“Hey, Jack, old buddy. How you been?”

It was a man’s voice, one I didn’t recognize. I sat up and cleared my throat.

“Who’s this?” I asked

“I’m sorry to call in the middle of the night,” the man said, ignoring my question, “but this can’t wait. I’m really in deep shit here.”

I was still struggling to place the voice so I said nothing.

“I need your help, Jack. I figure I got about a week here before somebody cuts off my nuts and feeds them to the ducks.”

“I’m not going to start guessing,” I said. “Who is this?”

“Oh, man, that’s so sad. You mean to tell me you even don’t recognize your old law partner’s voice?”

“I’ve had a lot of-”

“This is Barry Gale.”

That stopped me cold.

“Surprised, huh?” the man chuckled.

“Who are you?” I repeated.

“I just told you who I am, Jack. This is Barry Gale.”