I burst in. "Nick DeLeon, ex NYPD ... detective ... your new partner." In the old City Station, where roaches crawled thru
the rot-wood siding not between the bricks. Sam Johnson heard me coming. He stood flatfoot short, fat, black wearing a clean
shabby tie. "From Newww Yo'kkk Cityyy! Wooo-wee. You be one mov'r all right. Damn'd skin-ass Yankee white-boy!"