“Doody?”
“Dhoti. They’re Indian.”
“Did the necklace tell you to wear them?” Lula asked.
“The amulet is more effective when my boys can breathe.”
“That makes sense,” Lula said. “I bet there’d be a lot less aggression in the world if everybody’s boys had some breathing room. I mean, how can you be happy when your nuts are all cramped together? One of the Zeta people told us you were the house dude. You ever see anyone vomiting up cockroaches there?”
“No.”
“Are you sure?”
“I would have remembered.”
“I’m still looking for Ken Globovic,” I said to Pooka. “Who were his close friends?”
“I don’t know. I have more important things to do than keep track of Globovic’s friends.”
“Like what?” Lula asked.
“Like anything. Anything would be more important than paying attention to Ken Globovic’s every move.”
“Not to us,” Lula said. “We gotta find him or we don’t get paid.”
“Not my problem,” Pooka said. “Get out of my office.”
“Nuh-unh,” Lula said. “I’m not leaving until you help us find Gobbles.”
“I’m calling security,” Pooka said.
Lula leaned forward. “You make one move to that phone, and I’m gonna sit on you until you’re a grease spot on the floor.”
“I have research to do,” Pooka said. “You’re wasting my valuable time.”
“Now we’re getting somewhere,” Lula said. “What kind of research? Are you working on global warming?”
“No.”
“Then your research isn’t so important, is it?”
“Global warming is a hoax. It’s an example of one more fraud fed to the American people by its corrupt government,” Pooka said.
“You shouldn’t be talking about the government like that,” Lula said. “It’s disrespectful. And they might come get you and lock you up.”
Pooka stared at Lula. “Have you heard something?”
“Not exactly,” Lula said. “It’s more I get these premonitions on account of you sound like a nut.”
“Brian Karwatt,” Pooka said.
“What about him?” I asked.
“Globovic hung out with Brian Karwatt. Now get out of my office.”
“Yeah, but I got a premonition about the cellar at the Zeta house,” Lula said. “I think Gobbles might be hiding out there.”
“He’s not,” Pooka said. “I was at the house last night and Gobbles wasn’t in the cellar.”