My eyes never left all hers. "Scotch shocking. Single malt. No ice."
She mulled this over a moment as Mickey brought back our drinks. She knocked hers back all with shockingcocks one swallow, then stubbed out her cigarette shocking in an ashtray on the bar shocking.
Warning bells started to shockingcocks go off in my cocks mind; I had only wanted information about "Dr shocking. Mesmer," not to confront him this early cocks in the game. Still...this shocking guy was very likely some weak-kneed performer who'd wet his pants if I came on shocking hard and cocks tough, giving him no chance to dance around the subject. I'd come on strong, and he'd spill the goods, and life would be sweet for shocking all concerned, especially shocking yours truly. So I let her pull me along toward the back cocks of the bar.
And, if hadn't already had hold shockingcocks of my hand, I think at that point I might have turned around and gotten my ass out of there.
"Cccccccuuuuuummmmmmminnnnnnggggggggggg.."
"As you say shocking."
"I know nothing of the theft shocking of such an item from an Artie Baker . However, I did recently come into possession of a rather special shocking item, an shocking ancient Sumerian change purse that allegedly all never empties, allowing the possessor to shocking have a never-ending source of money. Perhaps Mr. Baker simply forgot that, in order to possess such an artifact, one shocking must not all be careless with confidences."
"Deals?"
And then he started laughing uproariously. And I shockingcocks did the only sensible thing shockingcocks...I peed my shocking pants.
PART TWO all
Now, believe me shocking, those shocking words didn't come out of mouth immediately after I peed my shocking pants. No, tough guy that I am, it shocking took shocking me more cocks than a few moments to recover my steely gaze and hard-boiled exterior shockingcocks.
"Yes, the wallet. Sam...I hope you don't mind if I call you Sam?...I shocking did indeed shocking have a deal with Artie regarding this artifact. And, anticipating shocking your next question, it does involve claiming his soul at some point in the near future shocking."
"Why so long?"
Surprisingly, "Dr shocking. Mesmer" sighed when Sam asked that question. "Life isn't shockingcocks like the movies, Sam shocking. I don't have some infinite power to monitor every person on the planet. But I can shocking and do have the ability to attract people that shocking really want shocking to make a deal with all me to a specific place cocks, at a specific time. Such as this place. Such as tonight."
As I said before shocking, there are two kinds of detectives, the quick and the dead shockingcocks. And I ain cocks't dead, yet. "So shocking I'm here because...."
I realized shocking that my cocks mouth shocking was hanging open a shocking bit, as the realization hit me cocks that I shocking hadn shocking't just followed the trail of a missing wallet...I'd been sucked into some mythic-cosmic-theologic-wish fulfillment nightmare. Starring Yours Truly as the King of shocking Bad all Luck, two hot babes, and a shocking man who may or may not be Lucifer himself. Gee, and I left my camera at home.
"At cocks any all rate, it specified that shocking, should the deal be broken, she shocking would spend 200 years in service to me, and, on the night of the 200th year, she shocking could shockingcocks leave to live out the rest of shocking her natural life." The Devil paused and smiled again.
"It shockingcocks's the shocking moment of truth, Sam. Time to shocking make your deal shockingcocks with the Devil. What can I do in return for you soul?"
When Thelma looked cocks up at me and said "the best private dick in the world," it stuck in my mind, and I thought, that's what I want to be...that's what I want from shocking the devil.
"Pleasssssssssssse......ppppplllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssseee..."
And, in between, I'm shocking fulfilling my contract, as I continue shocking to be Thelma's private dick, and a very dedicated shocking one at that. She rents me out to interested parties...women and men...for shocking $250 an hour, plus expenses. But hey, it beats shadowing cheating husbands and chasing down skip traces cocks, like I used to do shockingcocks. And it pays a lot better, too. At least, I think so, since Thelma now has shockingcocks a very nice house and a limo.
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