“No way we waste you standing around inside,” he said. “I’ve got six guys in there. Andy’s safe as my grandmother’s ass. If you’re here on our payroll, let’s get something tangible for our dough.”
After that he called over the roving press boys who could write their features without the benefit of actually bothering to listen to Lowe’s speech. Introducing me as ‘that guy you all wrote about you know the hero who saved the young heiress and solved the Millionaire Mugging oye how fickle is this press of ours a month ago he was your darling ask him why he’s here…’ That set them all off.
Before I knew it I was telling the microphones I’d been hired to protect the candidate, and yes he’d had death threats and no I don’t have any leads yet and no well I don’t really know the candidate’s platfo
