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Requiem For A Stripper #99

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"I didn't see nobody," he said as he picked his filthy cloth back up.

"Great," I said. "So I'm searching for The Invisible Man, is that it? Come on!"

Smitty gathered the last remaining glasses from the bar and said, "There were a lot of people at the bar that night. One of the empty glasses I picked up had an envelope under it with Lily's name on it and a sawbuck on top."

"Did you open the envelope?" I asked.

He shook his head. "The ten-spot was enough for me. I didn't need to know what was inside."

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    Neville Hunt 10 months ago

    I loined a noo woid just now... sawbuck! Ya loin someting evry day!

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    Christopher 10 months ago

    Yeah, that was slang for a $10 bill. So was ten-spot, which Smitty also used.

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