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Manuel’s Tavern
Our departure was well timed: a Channel 2 Eyewitness News van was pulling into the complex even as we pulled out.
Our first stop was Jessica’s place, so she could shower and change. Her roommate kept saying “Oh my God” like a valley girl, so I decided to wait outside with a cigarette.
While I waited, I tried to make sense of all the c*****e. What if my car accident was no accident? What if the gas station robbery was nothing but a way to kill me, while disguising the fact that it was a hit?
A “hit.” Come on! Like anybody would really put a “hit” on me. That kind of stuff happens to gangsters in movies, not useless college kids in the real world.
But… what if? That FBI guy said somebody paid ten million dollars to spring that hit man out of jail. What if they did tha
