The Wise Guy

The Wise Guyit was a mean trick to play on a pretty girl, but lieutenant hayward's trick was even meanerLieutenant Eddie Hayward slid out of the squad car. He nodded to the cop waiting for him at the door."Top floor, Lieutenant," the man said.The building was an old walk-up. A scared-looking little girl of three or four peered lonesomely at Lieutenant Hayward on the third floor landing, and as he smiled at the child a bony hand jerked her through the doorway like a toy on the end of a...