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BILL CADY Word Count: 149,227 - At My Friend's Place

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Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 346<br />

“What if he wants a second game? You still backin‟ me?”<br />

He smiled lazily. “Only if‟n ya‟ll wins the first one.”<br />

I shook his hand. “You‟ve got a deal.”<br />

Heading into the room with all the tables, I picked out the guy he was after right<br />

away. Shit, the guy‟s a hustler. I could tell it by the forced nonchalance, the way he tried<br />

to act disinterested, and the way he closely watched the players at the next table. He was<br />

looking for some action.<br />

I decided to let him chase me. Instead of directing a question at him, I asked in<br />

general, “Anybody know where I can find the john?” Although I saw it across the room,<br />

that was the closest thing I could come up with on short notice.<br />

One of the guys playing at the other table laughed and pointed to it. “Good thing<br />

that mothuhfuckah don‟ bite, ya know? Ya‟ll woulda lost a whole fuckin‟ hand to it, er<br />

somethin‟.”<br />

I mumbled thanks and went inside to take a leak. When I came back out I headed<br />

toward the other part, where I‟d been sitting before. The hustler asked me, “You play<br />

pool, mister?”<br />

I acted surprised, but stopped. “Me? Uh, yeah. Sometimes. I guess.”<br />

“Wanna shoot a game?”<br />

I looked at my watch and pretended to think it over. “No money, right?”<br />

He sized me up again, then nodded, so I put in the quarter, (that‟s all it took back<br />

in the olden days), and got the balls down. I gave him an amateur rack, with all the balls<br />

tight as hell. If I was racking for money, I‟d‟ve left „em so loose you‟d think you could<br />

possibly walk between some of the balls.<br />

Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963

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