Part Thirteen
"Duke"
“Howdy, Slick.”
“Who are you? Where am I?”
“Don’t you recognize me, Drake? You doubled for me on McQ in seventy-four.”
“Duke? Is that you? But you died 2 years ago. I know ‘cause I got thrown out of your memorial service for hitting on Tatum O’Neal. I mean, how was I supposed to know she was only 15?”
“It’s me, Drake.”
“Then does that mean what I think it means?”
“That depends on what you think it means.”
“Am I in Heaven?”
“Turn around and you tell me, pardner. What do you see?”
“Fire. Lots and lots of fire.”