The Dinners Inn motel, California
Drake
I had been working long hours at the reception, attempting to earn as much money as possible. I wanted to buy everything the baby and Elie needed and have enough to take my family back to Mexico City as soon as Elie and the baby could travel. There was no reason for us to stay in California any longer. If it weren’t for my stupid ideas, we would never be in the kind of trouble I put us through and Ellie’s and the baby’s lives would not be in danger.
Tia introduced me to Teresa, a new tenant and my replacement, at the reception on my day off. She was from Italy and around my age. There was something about that young woman I didn’t like. Maybe it was how she looked at me from time to time. I could tell she was attracted to me but kept her distance.
