Chapter 3It took less than half an hour to get to Gridley’s Bar in Higgins. Toby did most of the talking, with Bruce and Ben responding or making comments occasionally.
Gridley’s was bigger and nicer than Ben had imagined it would be, and at 10:30 on a Saturday evening the regulars were beginning to arrive. They were lucky to get a booth. After they were settled in with their drinks, Toby and Bruce on one side, Ben facing them on the other, Ben looked around the room. The crowd was mixed in age. It was mostly men, but there were a few couples, and it was obviously a place where a guy wouldn’t worry about bringing a date. Or a spouse. Ben noticed a few people of both sexes he thought looked like college students, despite what Bruce and Toby had said earlier about coming there to avoid them
