Part 3The Fish Have Human Eyes
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"Well, look at that. Russo actually found someone stupid enough to drive the hearse. I heard the last guy pissed his pants for three days straight."
The voice was oily and mocking.
"Shut your mouth!" Mikey snapped. He was young and full of nervous energy. "We handle our business. Worry about your own."
"Easy there, pup. The grown-ups are talking."
"Slick," I acknowledged without turning around.
"Ah, Dutch. I should have known." The bald man grinned, his scalp gleaming in the harsh sunlight. "I figured Russo brought in a heavy hitter."
I ignored him and looked past his shoulder.
Standing behind Slick was his brother—a man known in the circuit as Twitch.
Slick and Twitch were the bottom feeders of our industry. If I was the guy you called for a tough job, they were the guys you called to bury the evidence.