on like this forever - chapter 3, part 3: the mouthpiece

sam kennedy was exasperated in his experience he had seen a lot nothing surprised him confusion rarely entered his brain eddie, though, was something else he had approached sam about a month ago entering his office by way of the service elevator he had a proposition for sam as always, sam listened doubtless talk was cheap regarding loyalty, sam had an open mind eddie understood sam at first, sam expressed surprise loyalty is sacred, he insisted i can't just blow kenny off zero tolerance for rats is a law of nature eddie just smiled doubt never entered his mind kenny was on the slide events were conspiring against him nothing he could do would matter nothing he could say either yes, thought eddie, i have him when the first string is pulled all the puppets look up so long as he string is tight fine, thought sam out of all the guys he could have propositioned lucky he chose me little does he suspect once he thinks he has me when he's ready to spring the trap i will be long gone never to be seen again goodbye, eddie! ha ha ha it was nice knowing you mighty nice indeed just then sam's phone rang oh oh he thought he picked it up nick was on the other end nothing he said made much sense yes, yes. sam agreed how come nick was calling? always before it had been kenny himself denoting caution but now, was kenny getting careless? everything pointed that way especially now nick was babbling away politely, sam interrupted entanglements right now were not a good idea perhaps later let's get together eddie is the problem, yes except when he isn't, of course even when he seems to be quiet doesn't this guy ever get to the point? i wholeheartedly agree no doubt he finally got rid of nick i need a thick porterhouse steak, he thought so what if the doctor said no more mulling the implications of nick's call in the depths of his treacherous brain notwithstanding his natural caution decision time was reached how had it come to this? eddie had been nothing was it destiny? all sam knew was he wanted to pick a winner so much for loyalty continuing his train of thought on his way out the door nodding to the cleaning lady flashing a big smile under his restlessly probing eyes sam never considered eddie's true motives decided long ago