Chapter 4, Dying to See HimRicky Barker, a handsome and debonair mortician in his mid-forties, was hosting a dinner that night at his beautiful house in the old fourth ward of Atlanta, Georgia. Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, including King's boyhood home, the fourth ward had been transformed into a happening and hip spot over the past ten years. It contained part of the Atlanta Beltline, an innovative housing project that had enraptured hipsters from all over the globe, and also the new, posh, and very expensive Ponce City Market, with a rooftop playground that cost twenty dollars just to see.
There were plenty of cool night clubs and classy restaurants. To own a nice home in this area was a sign of prestige, and Ricky certainly had that. As if his dapper suits didn't
