"Have a nice night," you whisper.
Then you start your car again and wind around the parking lot and drive off in the opposite direction.
LEIGHTON RECOMMENDED A motel a mile down Route 1 toward Trenton. He said it was where the prisoners' visitors stayed, it was cheap, it was clean, it was the only place for miles around and he knew the phone number. Harper drove, and they found it easily enough. It looked fine from the outside, and it had plenty of vacancies.
"Number twelve is a nice double," the desk clerk said.
Harper nodded.
"OK, we'll take it," she said.
"We will?" Kith said. "A double?"
"Talk about it later," she said.
She paid cash and the desk guy handed over a key.
"Number twelve," he said again. "Down the row a piece. "
Kith walked through the rain, and Harper brought th
