Column Chronicles: My adventures as an FBI agent, part four

My adventures as an FBI agent, part four

Frank Cotolo
October 10, 2019

Here is another glimpse into my other life, that of an FBI agent who risked his life many times out in the field.

I sat quietly on a wooden seat at a table in Little Jimmy's Granulated Coffee Shop on East West Street, which crossed North South Street, downtown near Bum's Row, directly aside from Whore's Corner, to the left of The Poorhouse.

A woman approached me and said, "Are you the one with the nickname like a strange geographical anomaly usually found in a jungle?"

"Who's asking?" I said.

"I'm Cherie the Berry, from the Whore's Corner."

"Then yes, my name is Quicksand."

From that moment on a remarkable relationship developed. It was one that brought Cherie The Berry so close to me that we intimately shared our Cream Of Wheat for breakfast from the same bowl every morning. She let me have the back room of the Whore's Corner so I could conduct my business as Quicksand and often she said I reminded her of an evening she spent in a famous pie factory.

I told her I was looking for something that was perilous and dangerous and she wanted to know the difference between perilous and dangerous so that she could understand why they were not antonyms.

After a month I was secretly called by my FBI contact, Macabre. He wanted to know if I had infiltrated the criminal organization that I was sent to infiltrate. That's when I realized I was closer to discovering my assignment. I told Macabre I was on target for infiltration and that it could come before dessert was served after dinner that night. He wished me luck and I asked Cherie The Berry to have dinner with me at Arguile's Home Cooked Meals, which was on the Northeast corner of Southeast Street, by the Makeshift Parking Lot, just to the side of The Baking Institute, which housed a small kiosk that sold priceless bottlecaps. She agreed with one condition - that I tip the waiter with boldness and bravado.

...to be continued.

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.