Oliver Benjamin
you never know what hyenas are lurking around waiting to pounce.
Even you!” He pointed accusingly at Roy.
He froze. Blood rushed to his face.
Morris threw up his hands. “Just kidding!” he yelled. “Christ, you
looked like I was going to take a bite out of you just there!”
Roy slumped with relief and sorrow.
“As if you’d screw me over,” Bidden ranted, “Me, who’s given you
everything.” He lit up his cigar and leaned far back in his overstuffed
chair. “Anyway, you’re a little small for my Amazon. She’d crush you
like a bug.”
“Yes,” he admitted, “Yes, she would.” Roy turned and shuffled
back to his massive office suite in a daze.
After a long time examining the ceiling tiles, his phone rang. It
was Ellie.
“Where do you get that special coffee of yours?” she asked over
the line.
“Why do you care?”
“I want to have you close to my heart while you’re away.”
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