Jake Randolph in "Bourbon On The Rocks" Pt. 102
"I don't know what you want with Milton Dunn, but he's under my protection now. The next person you send after him will be mailed back to you in a cardboard box."
"I don't know who you are, you clown. But yer dead!" he said with a finality that let me know I had to remain on my toes.
I fired my pistol at a glass sitting on a table next to Diamond. It shattered as he looked like he did something in his pants that he probably gave up doing a long time ago.
I backed out the door...
- Category: Crime, Murder & Mystery
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Christopher over 5 years ago
I think I used that cardboard box line in another one of the Jake Randolph stories, but we'll just call it a "catch phrase."
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Neville Hunt over 5 years ago
Like the reference to Diamond’s dirty protest! Someone was really in it, deep.
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Christopher over 5 years ago
Gives new meaning to the phrase "Scared the shit out of you," doesn't it?
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Neville Hunt over 5 years ago
Sure does!
