Chapter 49“Hey, over here,” she called, motioning to him, not wanting to say his name, lest Doreen would hear it. She must be a sneaky one, Penny thought, imagining the woman in high heels tripping around in desert caverns. The thought made her feel better, even bringing out a smile. There, in front of her, the man she loved waved a flag of surrender, in the form of a white envelope, as if sending a message over a foxhole. No more, she thought, we're out of here. She wanted to sing the song, 'California here I come,' the minute his face cleared another aisle of slots.
He moved to kiss her on the cheek. “I got it, let's catch the Deuce and take off.”
“Finally. Didn't they want to pay you? What in the world made it take so long? For a while, I thought you were kidnapped by that sly looking
