Chapter 38: Motels
Chapter 38
Motels
Delgado was on the phone with the team on 45 South. “What have you got, Sanchez? Any dirty rooms?”
“I got nothing but dirty rooms in this place. You should get your ass down here.”
“Maybe you and me—”
“A big no to you and me anywhere, and a f*****g big no to me and anybody down here.”
“What did the deskman have to say?”
“Only two rooms fit our target, and they both answered the door when I knocked. I didn’t go in, but it didn’t seem like anything wrong. One guy was old, looked homeless, and the other one was a kid in his underwear. From the way he barely cracked the door, I’m sure he was hiding a girl on the bed.”
“And you don’t think—”
“If he was eighteen, I’m a virgin.”
“Don’t you have three kids?”
“Six kids, Delgado. Six hungry kids.”
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