CHAPTER TWENTYThis was the strangest day he had ever experienced.
As Ash walked through the hot afternoon sunshine toward Madison Avenue—his mind on that teddy hear—he noticed several unpleasant faces. Swarthy Latin types. He looked behind him, after they passed, but none turned to glance back and nobody seemed to be following him.
“I will destroy you, Mr. Hendrie...”
Was it possible to destroy someone on the crowded streets of the city? Of course it was! Happened every day...
Hadn’t those two guys followed Marnat? Or had they only waited near his apartment? No matter. They had destroyed him.
He had an urge to get away from this area, which was his daily scene of activity.
No point in going home. Mara would be at the theater, and Rosie always went to a movie Saturday afternoon.
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