I didn’t know which banks would fail, but I did know which banks would survive and prosper into the 21st century. Desi xxx I had a clear shot. You speakee English?”
“I speak English,” I finally said and tried to clear my head. She wasn’t about to keep me around if that meant losing customers. “I can’t drink on the job, but I’ll have a sarsaparilla with you, if you please.”
“It does not please me,” Brian declared. “I shouldn’t have stolen that picture off your side table and sent it back to you marked up.”
“That was you?” Sam Butler normally had a ruddy complexion, but he was now deathly pale in comparison. Now don’t try to make a scene and just come along quietly. “Are you ready?” Chen was trying to be considerate and I loved him for it. Men like to drink and when they drink they like to talk.
