CHAPTER 10
The day, still humid, was a bit cooler than it had been since his arrival. Martin was thrilled when the desk clerk gave him Lynn’s message. He raced back to his room to call her; with any luck, they’d be together that night.*Dr. White stopped at the exclusive liquor store (“Spirits to the Stars!”) and purchased a bottle of Louis XIII cognac. The price had been so staggering that he figured it was probably as impractical a luxury for someone like Billy Crawford as it certainly was for him. He’d purposely not gone to his regular store. And he’d worn his sunglasses and kept his head down; this, after all, was one time he didn’t want to be remembered.
He was also grateful that the night watchman had told him of their problem with rats infesting the older buildings on the now
