Chapter 16“You have never loved anybody, my beloved. I got it wrong. That woman may have loved you. But you did not love her. You have always walked away from love.”
Darcie’s last words kept me awake the rest of the evening. I tried to finish the themily I had planned to read for the celebration, but I could not. I telephoned Ciscoe and explained to him that I was having trouble coming up with the words. I told him about my meeting with Darcie and my failed attempt to get her help in letting the Maldonados dance at the celebration. Ciscoe appreciated my effort, but he said his backup plan was coming together. I had to meet him by noon in the parking lot of the Mango Nightclub in the Roxie and Penelope District. That nightclub was across the street from the Josette, the city’s largest aren
