Chapter 71: A Long WaitCHAPTER 71
A LONG WAIT
Current Day
I decided to go for Tito quickly, though I still had some things to get ready. The shopping was done, had even gotten the railroad spike—a good, old rusty one I found loose by the tracks. And the house was ready too. All I needed was my accomplice. Anyone would do, even a homeless person. Someone like that would be even better; the less chance of recognition, the better I liked it.
By about ten that night, I had the details worked out. Within two hours, I found someone willing to do what I wanted for a couple of hundred bucks and return cab fare. I waited until 1:00 AM, then hailed a cab. I gave Tito’s address. As we drove, I explained to my accomplice what would happen, and then I paid him in advance. I ducked as we got to Tito
