?What?s that??
?When we were back in Saigon, did...
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?What?s that??
?When we were back in Saigon, did you ever hear of something or someone called Snake
Lady??
?I heard a hell of a lot about snake eyes,? chuckled Parnell, ?but no Snake LadyWhy??
?The fellow I was just talking to?he?s going to call back in five minutes?sounded as though
he was threatening meI mean actually threatening me, Cull! He mentioned Saigon and implied
that something terrible happened back then and repeated the name Snake Lady several times as if I
should have run for cover
?You leave that son of a bitch to me!? roared Parnell, interrupting?I know exactly what that
bastard?s talking about! This is that snotty bitch first assistant of mine?that?s the ****in? Snake
Lady! You give that slug worm my number and tell him I know all about his horse****!?
?Will you please tell me, Cull??
?What the hell, you were there, RedheadSo we had a few games going, even a few mini
******s, and some clowns lost a couple of shirts, but there was nothin? soldiers haven?t done since
they threw craps for Christ?s clothes! We just put it on a chanel luxury wallet higher plane and maybe tossed in a few
broads who?d have been walkin? the streets anywayNo, Redhead, that elegant-ass, so-called
assistant thinks she?s got somethin? on me?that?s why she?s goin? through you, ?cause everybody
knows we?re buddiesYou tell that slime to call me and I?ll settle his grits along with that bitch?s
twat! Oh, boy, she made a wrong move! My Wall Streeters are in and her pansies are out!?
?Okay, Cull, I?ll simply refer him to you,? said the Redhead, otherwise known as the vice
president of the United States, as he hung up the phone
It rang four minutes later and the words were spat out at Parnell?Snake Lady, Culver, and we?re
all in trouble!?
?No, you listen to me, Divot Head, and I?ll tell you who?s in trouble! She?s no lady, she?s a
bitch! One of her thirty or forty eunuch husbands may have thrown a few snake eyes in Saigon and
lost some of her well-advertised come-and-take-me cash, but nobody gave a **** then and nobody
gives a **** nowEspecially a marine colonel who liked a sharp game of ***** every once in a
while, and chanel jewelry for sale that man is sitting in the Oval Office at this momentAnd furthermore, you ball-less
scrotum, when he learns that she?s trying to further defame the brave boys who wanted only a little
relaxation while fighting a thankless war??
In Vienna, Virginia, Alexander Conklin replaced the phoneMisfire One and Misfire Two and
he had never heard of Culver Parnell
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Albert Armbruster, swore out loud as he turned
off the shower at the sound of his wife?s shrieking voice in the steam-filled bathroom?What the
hell is it, Mamie? I can?t take a shower without you yammering??
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?It could be the White House, Al! You know how they talk, so low and quiet and always saying
it?s urgent
?Shit!? yelled the chairman, opening the glass door and walking naked to the phone on the wallWhat is it??
?There?s a crisis that requires your immediate attention
?Is this 1600??
?No, and we hope it never goes up there
?Then who the hell are you??
?Someone as concerned as you?re going to beAfter all fendi handbags canada these years?oh, Christ!?
?Concerned about what? What are you talking about??
?Snake Lady, Mr
?Oh, my God!? Armbruster?s hushed voice was a sudden involuntary cry of panicInstantly, he
controlled himself but it was too late?I have no idea what you?re talking about
What?s a snake whatever-it-is? Never heard of it
?Well, hear it now, MrSomebody?s got it all, everythingDates, diversions of
mat?riel, banks in Geneva and Zurich?even the names of a half-dozen couriers routed out of
Saigon?and worseJesus, the worst! Other names?MIAs established as never having been in
combat eight investigating personnel from the inspector general?s office
?You?re not making sense! You?re talking gibberish!?
?And you?re on the list, MrThat man must have spent fifteen years putting it
together, and now he wants payment for all those years of work or he blows it open?everything,
everyone
?Who? Who is he, for Christ?s sake??
?We?re centering inAll we know is that he?s been in the protection program for over a decade,
and no one gets rich in those circumstancesHe must black chanel quilted bag celeb have been cut out of the action in Saigon and
now he?s making up for lost timeWe?ll be back in touch There was a click and the
line went dead
Despite the steam and the heat of the bathroom, the naked Albert Armbruster, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission, shivered as the sweat rolled down his faceHe hung up the phone, his
eyes straying to the small, ugly tattoo on the underside of his forearm
Over in Vienna, Virginia, Alex Conklin looked at the telephone
General Norman Swayne, chief of Pentagon procurements, stepped back from the tee satisfied
with his long straight drive down the fairwayThe ball would roll to an optimum position for a
decent five-iron approach shot to the seventeenth green?That ought to do it,? he said, turning to
address his golfing partner
?Certainly ought to, Norm,? replied the youngish senior vice president of Calco Technologies
?You?re taking my butt for a ride this afternoonI?m going to end up owing you close to three
hundred clamsAt twenty a hole, I?ve only gotten four so far
?It?s your hook, young fellaYou ought to work female silver cartier watch o
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