Chapter 13I called the cab as I walked alone across the beach back to the ramp leading up to the road. At the top, I sat down on a rock to wait with my back to the sea. The cab took a while to get there, but I still had time to get to Dark Matters. When it arrived, I got in, grateful for the warmth from the cooling night air, and gave it Dark Matters as my destination.
There were a couple large human men on the door tonight when I arrived. They waved me through into the club.
"Detective," Gee said, coming out of the shadows to greet me. "I thought you might not make it."
"I gave you my word that I would be back."
"So you did. Your interestingly colored friend is not with you tonight?"
"No. I told him to take the night off."
Gee sucked in his tentacles and spat them out again. "Are yo
