Katin hyperteksti

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I still blame that damned cat –2.1). But I was getting pretty desperate by
then and business wasn’t going well. In fact it would be true to say it
wasn’t going at all. And the last client –2.2) I’d handled a case for
hadn’t exactly helped things. On top of that the landlord –2.3), a greasy
fat redneck from Missisippi, had told me I had 5 days to pay up or clear
out.

2.1)
Cat
The cat was a flee-ridden street wise tabby with only half a tail and
longer nails than I ever saw on any society dame. Lorie-3.2) had once
picked him up outside Mr Liu’s Chinese restaurant –3.1) and he’d just sort
of stuck – like most of the bad things in life. And that’s where he went
off to to scavage among the fish heads and the rat bones and whatever
other choise morsels the kitchen threw our. I guess I didn’t feed him
enough since she had gone. I still remember that night at Mr Liu’s – the
first time we met.

2.2)
last client
The phone rang and this dame’s voice said I should turn up at Mr Liu’s
Chinese restaurant-3.1) if I wanted to hear something to my advantage. She
said I should ask for Lorie-3.2). I would have been better off just
hitting a bottle of Johnny Walker and passing our in my office chair again
. I shoulda known better. Shoulda, but didn’t.

2.3)
landlord
Apparently my shabby office with dusty corners, one dim lightbulb and a
fetching view
of the second story of Mr Liu’s Chinese restaurant-3.1) was such a hot
item, he couldn’t afford to wait for the rent. When Lorie-3.2) was still
around we had always had fun thinking of new insulting names for him. Now
that she was gone, I just wasn’t up to it. That view reminds me of the
first night we met.

3.1.
Mr Liu’s Chinese restaurant
That night I went up to Mr Liu’s Chinese restaurant. I wasn’t much – just
the same kind of greasy joint that served a mixture of rat and chicken to
the pimps, hookers and bozos who frequented the neighbourhood. Plus the
people who came to do business with them. And there she was! A broad who
looked like a million dollars-4), all dolled up and looking hotter than Mr
Liu’s chinese sauce. And she sure had some story-4) to tell!

3.2
Lorie
The first time I saw her, I was stunned. It took me a while to get my eyes
off her long honey-legs cased in expensive silk stockings. And when I did
raise my eyes, I sorta got distracted around the decolte. That broad
looked like a million dollars-4) and she knew it. She looked like the sort
of dame I’d always wanted to get together with, but could never afford to.
However that night we met, she was all business. And she sure had some
story-4) to tell!