XXV
Miri and Earl pulled into an alley behind her apartment building, a narrow street filled with dumpsters and puddles.
She was still in her nightgown and robe; there had been other clothes at Lucan’s penthouse, but to her surprise, what she was wearing was the tamest thing in the wardrobe. She’d have to go a long time before she could push the lingerie images out of her mind.
Earl opened the door and got out. He surveyed the alley, and seeing no one, opened the door for Miri and guarded her as she entered the back door of the three-story building.
There was a restaurant on the first floor. As they hurried through a green hallway with peeling paint, the smell of pizza and fried chicken hit them.
It was familiar. She’d only eaten at the restaurant once, and it had given her food poiso
