Chapter 30I returned to work full time on Monday. Finding it more of an effort than expected, I did most of my buying by telephone to avoid traveling more than a hundred miles, round-trip. Nonetheless, work was a vitamin shot to my morale. The first week went by rapidly, but I was bored to death on the weekend. Saturday, I worked at making a dent in the backlog on my desk, but that night found me at the Lazy Eight for the first time since the robbery. I took it real easy on the booze, but everybody had to pound me on the back, and that’s where two of the deepest wounds were. I finally worked my way to a corner and stayed there until closing.
Long Face sat at my table, and he really looked good, but I wasn’t about to do anything until Aden made his decision. Double ended the evening with m
