Chapter 38: PityAnger seemed an understatement for how I felt regarding the pool boy’s visitor. Katz Strong didn’t leave, as I instructed Tacoma to tell him to. Instead, I saw Katz down by the pool, alone. I didn’t know where Tacoma was.
The two young men couldn’t find me, not that I wanted them to. I was hidden on the balcony, outside my office, from where I had a view of the distant lake, the island, and the two lighthouses, which were both illuminated like yellow-white torches.
Frustrated, I had decided that if Tacoma—wherever he was—wasn’t going to tell Katz to leave, I would. Why bother wasting another moment concerning the situation? Get the drama over with.
To take care of such business, I exited the balcony, walked through the lake house, and found myself down by the pool and ne
