Editing YellerBelly
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
| − | Bill Keely was always second-best, passed over by the big mobs in Chicago for someone just a little smoother, with a little more finesse. He’s worked with some of the legends, but he’s stuck playing short cons for peanuts. What he lacks in talent, though, he makes up for with his eye for such. Many of the great grifters of our time have passed on up through his tutelage, and the latest was one | + | Bill Keely was always second-best, passed over by the big mobs in Chicago for someone just a little smoother, with a little more finesse. He’s worked with some of the legends, but he’s stuck playing short cons for peanuts. What he lacks in talent, though, he makes up for with his eye for such. Many of the great grifters of our time have passed on up through his tutelage, and the latest was one David Washington. |
David played the outside man for Bill’s fiddle game, and Bill was ashamed to admit to himself that their success was mostly down to the youth’s smooth-talking. Pretty soon, David would be off to play the big cons, leaving Bill in the dust once again. When a con went wrong and the mark pulled a gun on the pair, Bill’s resentment boiled over and he took the money and ran, leaving David to take the heat. | David played the outside man for Bill’s fiddle game, and Bill was ashamed to admit to himself that their success was mostly down to the youth’s smooth-talking. Pretty soon, David would be off to play the big cons, leaving Bill in the dust once again. When a con went wrong and the mark pulled a gun on the pair, Bill’s resentment boiled over and he took the money and ran, leaving David to take the heat. | ||
Once word spread around, everyone’s taken to calling Bill “Yeller-Belly”, which only adds to his sense of resentment. He keeps telling himself that one big score is all he needs to show everybody he’s got what it takes. He’s desperate for a chance to redeem himself, and a desperate man will do some foolish things. | Once word spread around, everyone’s taken to calling Bill “Yeller-Belly”, which only adds to his sense of resentment. He keeps telling himself that one big score is all he needs to show everybody he’s got what it takes. He’s desperate for a chance to redeem himself, and a desperate man will do some foolish things. | ||
