oldie but goldie 1

That's where I came in.

My job was to find that babe.

That's all in the past now.

See, I saved up enough dough so I can do my first love.

Writing.

That's where this letter becomes involved.

Those are the offices of Ludlow Publishing.

That's where I received a letter from.

At first I thought it was one of those gimmicky clearinghouse sweepstakes notices.

But I was wrong.

They actually wanted to buy one of my short stories.

You startled me

I'm sorry

Miss Calypso, your receptionist waved me by

I'm Mr. Sharp, I work for Mr. Gillette

Mr. Sharp, so pleased to meet you

I have a story here, belonging to Mr. Gillette, Mr. Sharp

I read it, I like it

It's a crime drama about shaving pussies, quite unique

It has heart, it has vigor, it has passion, and it has short sentences

I like that, I want to buy it

You read Nightshade, was it?

Well, he put his heart, his soul, his guts into that one.

But you don't want to buy his story.

You want something else.

I have a confession to make, Mr. Sharp.

I brought you here under false pretenses.

Adrian Thursby proceeded to tell me a story.

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