In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

she was seeing, a professional ud player, Moroccan, real slick operator,
has the keys to five girlfriends' apartments on his key chain. Oh, she
stole these from him, they should help. So she says the next guy she
fucks is going to pay her for it and she calls this record guy in California
who's crazy about her and he says 'take the next plane, baby!'"
"I see the bandages have come off the lute if not the lutenist.
With these she will be ready for serenading!" Max pulled out a mess of
strings from the envelope. Maia must have yanked them off the
Moroccan's instrument in a fit of fury because they didn't look brand
new. Sandro took a long drag and went over to the chair.
"Yes, they are compatible, thank Maia for me, I will think of her
every time I play. Everybody uses nylon lute strings now, but I do nut
believe they sound so good."
"Nylon has infected the lute community? All 25 of them?"
"It is bigger than you think, mostly amateurs though."
"And you're not?"
"Max, Max, I will miss this, you know?"
"Penny can take my place, right, girl?" He handed her the joint.
"What's that supposed to mean? Get him into more trouble?"
"You know, Purple, I' m getting a new guitar! Custom job in
purple, I think, metallic finish, classic chassis. What do you think?"
"Don't ask me, Max."
"So I will think of you every time I play."
Sandro seared him with a look that shut Max right up.
"Do you want a ride to CDG?"
"We have limo."
"Takin' your bicycle?" Penny asked.
"It's limos from now on, babay!" Max did his cool cat jive.
Sandro walked up and threw his arms around him.
Sandro turned away to and gingerly dab at his nose. Max took
the opportunity to nearly squeeze the life out of her. "Well, I better be
goin', don' want to miss the boat to Xanadu! See you in the big Apple,
Purple."
Then it was just the two of them, the bag of weed and the
kidnapped ud strings. Sandro rolled a new one and crouched over the
instrument, stretching out the strings.
"The ud is similar to the renaissance lute, this one. Newer
models have different proportions to the peg box. Maia is truly divine, I
never thought I would find what I was searching for. Hold this down
here, okay?"
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