Saturday Night Silliness -- Random Musings of a Writer Lady and Her Cat.

The man that Scotch had thought was Duff turned his stool to face him. The new guy had dark hair and eyes similar to Duff’s. The man also had heavy jowls along with a weak chin as opposed Duff’s more defined facial features. The new guy was also pointing a gun at him. Scotch listened for movement but didn’t hear anything coming from Fluffy’s direction. Either this was a delicate matter or Fluffy was such a newbie that he couldn’t be trusted with his own weapon. Scotch turned his head briefly. Fluffy’s already bloodless complexion had not paled nor did he appear jittery or anxious. Scotch looked for perspiration on the man’s forehead, another sign that he was in over his head. There was nothing. Scotch rose from his seat slowly. He crossed to Ursula’s booth and sat down. “There are four of you here. Only two of you have weapons. Your newbie is on the job but not nervous so you must only be here to talk. From the imitate size of your group I am going to surmise that this a del

Scotch stepped out of the alley two buildings to the south of his own apartment  and began walking down the street in the direction of central Soho and some of Duff’s favorite after hours hang-outs. Many places were closing up for the night, there were a few 24 hour diners, that would allow trusted customers to have a drink in a back room provided they brought their own bottle. Duff was a gentle soul who usually needed time alone with a bottle after completing one of Ursula’s errands. The spy ignored the first odd sound that he heard as he cut across the night traffic closer to late night merry making. The street that he was headed for was still brightly lit and anyone who was following would have to slow their pace to avoid being seen. Scotch stopped and sat down in a bus stop enclosure to send a quick message on Pen’s phone asking if their friends were still outside. She confirmed that they were. “It seems that I have another new friend.” Scotch muttered under his breath as h