CHAPTER 4
The restaurant was almost empty that night, which was just as well as far as we were concerned.
Vic and I wanted privacy, and we had an exquisite view of the ocean and the moon that shone high overhead.
We had several cocktails, then a leisurely meal, after which we got into Vic's Cadillac and he drove me back to my place.
As I turned on the living room light, I couldn't help but let out a scream.
"My God, what the hell has happened to this place?" I asked in dumbfounded amazement.
Vic entered just a few steps behind me, and as his eyes darted quickly around the room, surveying the wreckage, he stood there in disbelief for a moment.
"Somebody has broken in here," he said, it's like a cyclone hit this place."
I looked around and observed that some of my most precious be
