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The Littlest Client #168

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"The boss ain't here, Randolph. Should be back soon but I don't know when."

"Dammit!" I yelled.

"What's goin' on?" he asked as he continued arranging the flowers. They looked like peonies.

"I'm in a jam. There's a little girl who's been kidnapped and if I don't show up by midnight with a case of jewels she's dead."

He stopped arranging the flowers.

"I don't like people who hurt kids," he said in a way that made me believe it. "D'ya know who kidnapped the girl?"

"Yeah. Duncan Gallagher."

Ari shook his head, "That ain't his style."

"It is now."

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    Neville Hunt over 3 years ago

    Aah! Ari is a decent geezer after all!

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    Christopher over 3 years ago

    Yeah, I like him.

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