“He grinned.‘This is what comes of going around with kids, baby,’ he said. They can’t afford to feed a girl like you. Don’t worry about getting fat. I’ll give you enough exercise to keep your weight down.’Judy giggled.‘You’ve got something . . . hang on to it.’‘Tell me about your old man,’ Vin said casually. ‘You two don’t get along together?’‘That’s the understatement of the year,’ Judy said, buttering toast. ‘I don’t want to talk about him. He gives me a pain in my ass.’‘But these stamps you w...ere telling me about.’ Vin reached for another cigarette. ‘You said someone offered him a million for eight stamps. Were you putting me on?’‘No. I saw the letter on his desk.’ She heaped marmalade on the toast. ‘You could have knocked me down with a whisky bottle.’‘You mean some crackpot actually offered your old man all that bread for eight goddamn stamps?’‘That’s it. It made me sick to my stomach. All that money! What I could do with it!MoreLessRead More Read Less
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