Episode 7: Shirley Temple Is Missing
In which Fausto gets a bright idea and Shirley gets a new costume
Chapter 15
Fausto stood at the corner and checked his watch. It had been fifteen minutes since he’d watched Andy Archie enter the bar. Let him wait, he thought. Let him become anxious. Let him worry that there will be no more money and then, at the last moment, show up and make his dreams of good fortune come true.
At seven minutes after four, Fausto left…
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