The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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‘I think you have some anger issues to deal with.’

Vicante stood up and Jack said; ‘All right. All right. But, you’re going to be very sorry later and I’m not cleaning it up.’ Jack brought him his drink and added; ‘Mind if I join you?’

‘Of course not. Be my guest.’

‘Does the mean that you’re paying?’

Vicante took a long swig and said; ‘Oooh, that does feel a little strange. And of course I’m not paying. You took all the money out of my pockets. You have some nerve.’

‘Sorry. Hey, you know when you’re one step ahead of the bill collector, you do some things you wouldn’t have otherwise done.’

‘Yeah, cool; I guess. To decide whose fault this whole thing is serves no purpose, though I believe that the majority of the negligence was done by you.’

‘If you’re trying to lead into one of those proportional settlements, just forget about it. I’m not insured and I haven’t even paid for last month’s liquor delivery yet.’

‘Damn. I may as well turn off the mike. But, I want to talk over a few things. I’ve got some very real problems.’