Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane (Editor)

Author:Dennis Lehane (Editor) [Lehane (Editor), Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: prose_contemporary

The next evening I went into the Shamrock Fish & Tackle, off L Street in South Boston, near where I grew up. It was crowded as I moved past the rows of fishing tackle, rods, other odds and ends. Out in the back, smoking a cigar and nursing a Narragansett beer, Roddy Taylor looked up as I approached him. He had on a sleeveless T-shirt that had probably been white at one time, and khaki pants. He was mostly bald but tufts of hair grew from his thick ears.

“Corporal Sullivan, what are you up to tonight?”

“Looking to borrow an outboard skiff, if that’s all right with you.”

“Hell, of course.”

“And stop calling me corporal.”

He laughed and leaned back, snagged a key off a nail on the wall. He tossed it to me and I caught it with my right hand. “Number five.”

“Okay, number five.”

“How’s your mom?” Roddy asked.

“Not good,” I said. “She…well, you know.”

He took a puff from his cigar. “Yeah. Still thinking your brother’s coming home. Am I right?”

I juggled the key in my hand. “I’ll bring it back sometime tonight.”

“Best to your mom.”

“You got it.”

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