Chapter 14
I WENT out that night and met Lester and his blonde mama, then went over and took the Spanish looking girl for a ride. I didn't think she was mixed up with Rucci and it was so damned monotonous sitting in the room that I thought I'd go crazy. I told her: "Do me a favor, hon, and don't say anything about seeing me."
She said: "Why? Are you ashamed of me?" I said I wasn't. She had brains enough to know I was in some kind of jam with enough extra not to ask about what it was. If it hadn't been for her voice she'd have been a swell kid. It was just another count against the music business; If I hadn't been in that so long I probably would never even thought of how she talked. I got back to the Palace Rooms late and slept the same way the next morning. Lester woke me by calling abo
