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demanding money and drugs.”
“Was Robert alone?”
“No. Somebody named Anthony Rogers was there. And, I think,
some other guy. So was Camille.”
“I interviewed her last week for an article. Robert played the clown
all around us.”
“You forced me to listen to the tape, remember. You show me, write
me, tell me every goddam thing.”
“You said you like that.”
“I lie a lot.”
“Fuck you. Is Camille okay?”
“Camille O’Grady was not killed, Ryan, if that’s what you mean. I
never know if anybody’s okay.”
“Poor Camille.”
“Poor Robert. He argued with these guys. Maitland says Robert
begged them to leave. I always beg them to stay. If we have sex, they can
have every cent I’ve got. I change them from robbers to whores.”
“I’m glad I know all the identifying marks on your body.”
“That’s my revenge on you for making me read your Journal and
watch your tapes: staring at my Mansonized corpse,” Solly said.
“I promise to gasp and faint, just like in the movies.”
“Stop! Don’t talk to stoned people about Death.”
“What is, is, whether you’re stoned or not.”
“I’ll ignore that.”
“Try to.”
“Anyway, the guy with the shotgun pointed it at Camille’s head and
said, ‘Give us the money or I’ll kill her.’”
“Robert never had any money.”
“Apparently he gave a fine farewell performance. He told the robbers
to kill them all. Sort of like playing I-Double-Dare-You, don’t you think?”
“Don’t be cute.”
“So the guy fired a shot into a painting and Opel yells, ‘Get out of
my space!’ Which, of course, they didn’t. They dragged Robert to his
apartment behind the gallery. Camille and the other two witnesses heard
shouting.”
“Robert argued with them?”
“His first and last mistake. They said stuff like, ‘We’re gonna blow
your head off,’ and Robert says, ‘You’re gonna have to, because there’s no
money here.’ Am I stoned, or was he stupid?”
“Maybe brave.”

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