Chapter Twelve
The confrontation and its ensuing stalemate brought on an awkward truce. Each side had new respect for the other – if not for the other’s nobility of character, at least for their commitment and their willingness to fight dirty. And the holiday was fast approaching. There was an unwritten agreement among them to stand down through Christmas and New Year’s. Then the fracas could resume as the rest of the world took up its various forms of ugly business.
Bobbi was hugely disappointed, of course, that her plan had crashed so stunningly and – worse – that it seemed to give Sid’s position renewed strength. She bought Yolanda dinner and heard much more about the old man and his resourcefulness than she had any desire to know. Bobbi, too, began to suspect that his wild stories ab
