Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 12/3

I thank the kind folks who bought books today on Bay Parkway. In a desperate bid to boost book sales, here's an excerpt from Super G, part of the A Hitch in Twilight collection.

    Lunch in hand, David Chang dashed onto the elevator as the doors were closing. “Whew,” he said, smiling at two co-workers, young turks of the corporate world. “Timing is everything.”  
   “You oughta know, whiz kid,” said Ted. “What’s that – moo goo gai pan?”
   Lila rolled her eyes as her companion snickered. David said nothing. Although he’d never gotten used to the occasional slur, he knew no harm was meant most of the time. It was simply one of humanity’s foibles and had to be tolerated.
   Ted’s cell phone rang. Lila smirked, apparently recognizing the ring tone, a familiar romantic ballad.
  “Hi, hon.” He listened a moment. “Not before eight, probably nine. We’re soooo busy.”
   Lila failed to suppress a smile.
   “Oh, okay. I’ll see if I can get away early. Bye. Love you.” He frowned. “My kids came down with the flu. We’ll have to postpone that meeting.”
   Lila’s face became stone-like. David shifted uncomfortably, as if he were guilty of eavesdropping.
   Suddenly he noticed a capital A on Ted’s brow.
   “What’s that on your forehead?”
   Ted shot him an inquisitive look. “Oh. It’s Ash Wednesday.”
   “I’m Catholic, and that doesn’t look like any ashes I’ve ever seen.”
   Lila rose onto her toes. “I don’t see anything, even the ashes.”
David was beside himself. The letter was bold and black. He leaned right. “Must’ve been the shadows. Sorry.” He looked away, gut contracting in fear. Hurrying toward his work station, he came to a halt and chuckled, suspecting he’d been the victim of a practical joke, albeit one he did not get.
  And you got all scared, he thought, admonishing himself.
  He shook his head, fascinated that a man would observe a religious tradition in the AM, and commit infidelity in the PM. Humans were a curious lot.

  
Available in print or on Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Hitch-Twilight-Tales-Warped-Imagination/dp/0984098410/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3