We found a cheap tourist hotel about four blocks away. By cheap, I mean, we could afford a single night. Plus, it had a computer I could use to contact the attorney, to let him know when to expect us, which was lunchtime the next day. It wasn’t the Marriott down the block, but it’d do. It also wasn’t the dumpster down the block, so it’d do and then some.
I plopped down on the bed, duly exhausted. Benny plopped down next to me. There was but one bed. Again, no complaints.
“We made it,” I sighed.
He grabbed my hand. “Were there ever any doubts.”
“Do you want the condensed list?” I laughed. I rolled over onto my side. “Doesn’t make me any less nervous about tomorrow, though.”
He also rolled over. “You have me. We have a motorcycle. I have friends nearby if things don’t work out and we ne
