My side felt a lot better when Nora called me at noon the next day. "My nice policeman wants to see you," she said. "How do you feel?"
"Terrible. I must´ve gone to bed sober." I pushed Asta out of the way and got up.
I bet the first thing Nick does is to fetch himself a drink. The amount of alcohol that gets consumed in this book is insane. I´m getting drunk just reading about it.
Other than that Nick is a complete douche:
I hit Nora with my left hand, knocking her down across the room.
In his defense, he wants to get Nora away from the gunslinging thug, but still, hitting a woman full force doesn´t sit well with me. I loved Nora´s reaction, though:
"You damned fool," she said, "you didn´t have to knock me cold. I knew you´d take him, but I wanted to see it."
And Nick behaves like a creep while undressing Dorothy:
I carried her into the bedroom and helped Nora undress her. She had a beautiful little body.
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