Authors: Ed McBain
Cinderella (31 page)
A knock sounded on the door.
Jimmy Legs was thinking you couldn't trust spies.
Him and Charlie Nubbs had waited two hours at Charlie's place with the dope that was half sugar wrapped in Saran Wrap and the spies never even showed. You just couldn't trust spies.
So today was a nice sunny day, so here he was at Camelot Towers, knocking on doors and showing the picture of the girl in the ice-blue gown.
The door opened.
He was starting to say, "Excuse me, Miss, I was wondering…" when he looked into those blue eyes of hers and never mind the red hair, this was the girl, he knew this was the girl stole his brother's watch.
He shoved the picture at her.
"You recognize yourself?" he said.
She thought in that blinding moment God, another picture, where are they getting these
pictures!
pictures!
"My brother wants his watch back," he said, and shoved her into the apartment.
And she thought-as he locked the door behind him-
They always let me in the ballroom but they never let me dance.
They always let me in the ballroom but they never let me dance.
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