Thelma was waitressing, serving drinks to the five or six people scattered at small girlhuntinggirl tables throughout the club. I stayed just inside the entrance to the club until she returned to the bar and sat down girl, then walked over to her and pulled out my lighter to start the cigarette she'd girl just placed in girlhuntinggirl her mouth.
My eyes never left hers. "Scotch. Single malt girl. No ice."
And, if hadn't already had hold of my hand, I think at that point I might have turned girl around and gotten my ass out of there.
"Ahhhh girl...good evening Detective...?"
His hunting mouth tightened in a slight grin, but the online tightening of his grip on my hand showed he girl was not girlhuntinggirl amused. "Its something I've been wearing since before you were girlhuntinggirl born, Mr. Pain."
"In so many words, yes."
"Detective, I girl neither traffic in stolen girlhuntinggirl goods, nor girl profit from their acquisition. However, from time to time, certain...acquaintances girl of mine stop girlhuntinggirl by girlhuntinggirl to girl show girl me girl interesting...collectibles girlhuntinggirl. Some girl of which I acquire for my own use."
"I know nothing of the theft of such an item from an Artie Baker. However, I girl did hunting recently come into girl possession of a rather special item girl, an girl ancient Sumerian change purse that allegedly never empties, allowing the possessor to have a girl never-ending source of money. Perhaps girl Mr. Baker simply forgot that, in order girl to possess such an artifact, one must not be careless with confidences."
"Deals?"
He grinned, showing me his teeth...his white, perfectly straight teeth...including the two perfectly formed fangs protruding from his upper gums.
And girl then he started laughing uproariously. And I did the only sensible thing...I peed my pants.
Now I was girl sitting girl in an armchair directly across from, if it was true, the Fallen Angel himself. Having girl a girl single-malt girl Scotch. While Thelma rubbed my back girl and neck.
If I had ever had reason to believe I was girl losing my girlhuntinggirl mind, that particular scene would have cinched it online.
"Oh, about 20 years, give or girl take girl a month."
The Devil just grinned, baring his fangs. "You're here girl on a very special night for Thelma. She gets to leave my service tonight, after girlhuntinggirl serving drinks to those needing online my services for nearly girl 200 years. You see girl, she too broke a deal with me, but she was a smart girl girl - she had an option written into her contract, thanks in hunting part to a smart New England girl lawyer." Sam heard The Devil mutter something about "that damned interfering Daniel Webster."
"Come, come hunting, Sam...you're alone in girl life girl, you don hunting't even have a secretary, and Thelma hasn't left this place girl in 200 years girlhuntinggirl. She needs someone to keep her girlhuntinggirl in girlhuntinggirl check while girl she's learning all the ropes." Lucifer lowered girl his voice conspiratorially girl. "And besides...she gives great girl head." He turned girlhuntinggirl to Thelma. "Show him."
Lucifer walked over girlhuntinggirl and sat girl on the girl couch beside me. "I girl had her lick up girlhuntinggirl your piss because it bonded her to you. Now girl, she'll always be at girl your beck and call, ready and willing, for the rest of your girl natural girl life girl. And that's just girlhuntinggirl my girl special gift to you. You girl still haven't told me what you girlhuntinggirl want...what I can give girlhuntinggirl you."
"It's the moment of truth, Sam. Time online to make your online deal with the Devil. What can I online do in girl return for you soul?"
"Ohhhh Godddddd....the things you do with that tongue girl...aaaaaahhhhhhhh..."
When Thelma looked up at me and said "the best private girl dick in the world," it stuck girlhuntinggirl in girl my mind girl, and I girl thought, that's hunting what girl I want to be...that girl's girlhuntinggirl what I want from the devil.
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