Short Stories The Knife(英汉对照).docVIP

Short?Stories:?The?Knife The editor on the phone was being pragmatic. Denny, I dont for a minute believe that this is The Knife, but Im not going to be the National Enquirer editor who passed on the biggest story of the century either, so you better do whatever you have to. If Im right, well be OK, if Im wrong, then well be riding high. Ive been on the phone with two guys who claim that they disposed of something for OJ the night that he was in the hotel in Chicago. ???? Another wild goose chase I thought to myself. Here was one more Enquirer editor sending me off again. But it was work, and close to Christmas, so I tried to sound interested as he spun the tale. ???? Disposed of something? I asked lighting a Marlboro with my free hand. ???? The Editor was going on, getting more excited by the second. ???? Its just enough. They claim it was the murder weapon! One of the guys works at the hotel where OJ stayed the night he was in Chicago. ???? The murder weapon? ???? Yeah, I know he said. Its like the second-best poker hand. You got to chase it. I dont believe it, but I havent been able to disprove it either yet. How soon can you move on this? ???? I looked at my watch and told him I could meet the men in about two hours. ???? They supposedly dumped it behind a high school near the Cabrini Green housing complex, said the editor. They want money, but supposedly theyre going to show you a lagoon were they dumped it first. ???? Let me get this straight, you want me to meet two strangers, who are going to take me to a lagoon by Cabrini Green, so they can get some money? Why doesnt this sound like a fun-trip to me? ???? He ignored the sarcasm. ???? What I want is for you to sit down with these guys, somewhere relatively safe, and see if we can tie these guys to the hotel someway, so theyre believable, and then go and find the bag with the knife. ???? Now thats going to be a big operation, he said. And I dont want to do that until we know for sure weve got some