Part 33: Part of the Whole (гет)

“Wow. Wow, Sonny. You really want to fight today, don’t you? The screaming match over Tommy Pearl didn’t do it for you… throwing Esther Labott at me didn’t give you a big enough tingle? I’ll be happy to get into it, but not here, Sonny. We’re not airing our dirty laundry in public,” she husked into his ear, trying to keep things hushed, but ending up unintentionally seductive. “Have a beer with me, and we’ll go find a private place to sober you up, take the gloves off, and fight this out,” she says with a feigned disinterest, but much too breathy to be innocent. She clinks his bottle with hers in a mock toast.