Two hours before the incident, Hank was completing his shift at the Breezway Motel, where he worked in the laundry room. Danny had promised to meet up with him so he could be his cousin’s guest for the annual employee awards party. In the last few months, a supervisor who’d given Hank high performance ratings had let him believe he could expect some major recognition.
All Danny had told the desk clerk on his arrival was that he was there to pick up Hank. Neither of them knew whether it was allowed for Hank to have a guest at the function. But Hank figured, if they’d be giving him an award, how could they say no?
No one bothered to escort Danny as he took the service elevator to the basement. There he found Hank in the noisy, steamy laundry room, where he hefted a huge bundle of fresh tow
