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Finally she said in a low harsh whisper, “Don’t be such a snotty punk, you liked it. You were as big as a house.”
Nino sipped his drink and said in his natural off-hand ma
She laughed a little and kept quiet for the rest of the picture. Finally it was over and the lights went on. Nino took a look around. He could see there had been a ball here in the darkness though oddly enough he hadn’t heard a thing. But some of the dames had that hard, shiny, brighteyed look of women who had just been worked over real good. They sauntered out of the projection room. Dea
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Nino shook his head. “I got too interested in the movie,” he said. But this time Joh
“Get serious, kid,” he said. “A dame like that cn do you a lot of good. And you used to boff anything. Man, sometimes I still get nightmares when I remember those ugly broads you used to bang.”
Nino waved his glass drunkenly and said very loud, “Yeah, they were ugly but they were women.” Dea
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“And I ain’t go
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“You can’t fire me?” Nino said with drunken cu
“No,” Joh
“Then fuck you,” Nino said.
For a moment Joh
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Nino straightened up. “I’ll sing for you, Joh
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So he was surprised when the executive producer came to him and told him the union rep had to be taken care of to the tune of fifty thousand dollars. There were a lot of problems dealing with overtime and hiring and the fifty thousand dollars would be well spent. Joh
The union guy was Billy Goff. Joh
Goff said, “Who told you that?”
Joh
Goff said, “Things have changed. Your friend is in trouble and his word don’t go this far west anymore.”
Joh
Goff smiled. “Sure, Joh
But calling New York did help. Joh