Chapter 26
Since it was early and a warm summer night, Dewalt suggested they head down to Central Park and sit by the fountain bordering the Time Warner building after dinner. Neal had a better idea. The train deposited them at 59th Street, and Dewalt grudgingly followed Neal’s lead past Central Park and toward Fifth Avenue. They trailed the Park’s edge, past the elite Paris Cinema and the Pulitzer Fountain with its gape-mouthed granite fish spewing water, then stopped at the doorway to Bergdorf Goodman’s Men’s store.
“You wanna go to a*****e?” Dewalt said.
“It’s not just a*****e. You’ll see,” Neal said moving toward the door.
Dewalt didn’t budge.
“I’ll wait over there,” he said, moving away.
It was near closing time. Neal caught up and touched Dewalt’s arm.
“This is my favorite
