Birdette looked bored. Not the polite kind. The I-have-counted-the-tiles-on-this-floor-and-there-are-exactly-2,304-of-them kind.
“You polished 1,783 pennies,” she said slowly. i want to impress her money birdette, johnny love
“Probably.” Johnny walked in.
Johnny Love had exactly seventeen dollars, a half-empty tin of breath mints, and a plan that he was certain would either make him a legend or get him laughed out of the borough for good. Birdette looked bored
The Venetian sneered. “Is this a joke? He brought you a box ?” 304-of-them kind. “You polished 1
“Took me three nights. My thumbs are raw.”
As they stepped out into the cool night air, she glanced at him sideways. “Polished pennies, Johnny Love?”