said Paul Giverney. “I dunno. Is there such a thing?” He was sitting on one of the black and chrome love seats with his feet on the coffee table. He knew this drove Bass to distraction. Tented on his stomach was the newest unacceptable version of the contract. “There’s an expert in every walk of life, Paul.” “Why? Is one of your clients writing something about alligators?” “No. I had a very strange experience in the Everglades. Very strange.” He gave Paul not a brief description but a moment-by-moment account of the entire episode. He even included the ghost orchid search, since he felt that bolstered his image as fearless and adventurous, even though he’d gotten nowhere near a ghost orchid. “Ghost orchid? Did you see that movie?” “That’s got nothing to do with this.” “It does. It was based on The Orchid Thief. It’s—” “I mean the alligator, Paul. It’s got nothing to do with the alligator!” “So you think this alligator literally saved your life?”
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