Inside Shoney’s, Mickey told Luci what to order for him, then retreated to regain his cool. Nothing like a urinal to put things in perspective. He leaned his aching head against cool tile and spent a few glorious moments mentally strangling Luci—until he started hurting himself. Then he pulled his clothing and his brain together and made a few decisions. First, he would check out her outrageous claim about Gracie. He stopped and used his cell phone to call in a request for any background info on Grace Seymour. He felt somewhat better, but wouldn’t be one hundred percent until he had food in his stomach. Only then would he question Luci about Dante. After that, well, he’d just have to see.
His food was there when he joined Luci, and he could see that she had made a run at the salad bar. To
