The Kings Of Cool

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“I thought I looked pretty good on TV,” Dennis says. “Didn’t you?”

“You’re a handsome man,” Ben says.

Chon doesn’t say anything.

They’re meeting in the usual spot at Los Cristianitos. Dennis takes a spicy chicken sandwich from the Jack in the Box bag. “Lunch on the run. You have something for me?”

Ben slips him an envelope.

“First of every month,” Dennis says. “Your girlfriend can be late, you can’t.”

“As long as you keep DEA off our ass,” Ben says.

“Yeah, that’s the idea.”

“Guaranteed?”

“You want a guarantee, go to Midas,” Dennis says. He sees Chon’s frown, takes a bite of his sandwich, and says, “Jesus, cheer up.”

He wipes his mouth with a paper napkin, looks them up and down, and says, “What I wouldn’t give to be you. You have your youth, money, the cool clothes, the girls. You have it all. You’re kings.”