The sisters come at Andy again in the laundry room.They came at him in the shower three days after he arrived. He tries to fight them off with detergent catalyst – which could blind you if you get it in your eyes – but these guys aren't too concerned about safety with chemicals. When the sisters come at him a week later, he threatens to bite off anything they put in his mouth. A short time later, the sisters' leader, Bogs Diamond, is found in his cell.They threaten to stab him in the brain with a razor-we're still not quite sure how that works-and he assures them that brain damage causes people to bite down. The sisters keep after Andy, despite the loss of Bogs.They never find out whodunit, but Bogs doesn't cause much trouble after that. Red smuggles in the poster via a laundry driver and gets it to Andy.Five months later, Andy asks Red for a poster of Rita Hayworth: Movie star, dancer, and all-around hot mama.In the autumn of 1948, Andy comes back to Red and asks for some rock-blankets: adorable little strips of cloth used to polish rocks.He always fights them, but they still get him from time to time. One of the guards on the roof, Byron Hadley, complains about some inheritance money he's received and how the IRS is going to take a big chunk of it.In May of 1950, ten prisoners are picked to tar the roof of the license-plate factory.(It sounds much more touching when Red tells the story.) A few weeks later, Andy sneaks Red a pair of polished rocks as a way of saying thanks. Hadley, being evil, gets ready to throw Andy off the roof.Andy walks over to Hadley and asks him if he trusts his wife.Red explains that Hadley's plenty corrupt. Andy quickly explains that the IRS allows a one-time gift to a spouse, meaning that Hadley can keep all of the money he's inherited. In a rare act of generosity, Hadley doesn't throw him off the roof. Andy says he can prepare the paperwork in exchange for three beers for him and his co-workers. At the same time, Hadley starts spreading the world about Andy's tax know-how.In that time, he turns the library into an amazing collection, thanks to persistent letter writing and a way of not giving up until he gets what he wants.Brooks gets paroled and Andy gets the job of head librarian, which he holds for more than twenty years.Andy starts working in the library under a college-educated con named Brooks Hatlen.Red notes that Andy has this inner light about him that feels like freedom.Hadley agrees and the tarring crew gets sweet, sweet beer while doing their work. There's lots of dirty money in Shawshank-bribes, kickbacks, and general greasiness-and someone needs to keep track of it.The guards and warden soon start letting him set up trust funds and tax shelters for them out of the library.
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