Chapter 18
DB’s apartment was on the seventh floor of an eight story building in Annandale, Virginia. I’d been there quite a few times, to play poker, to barbecue, or simply to watch movies, and since DB was a science fiction aficionado, the movie usually turned out to be Aliens.
At a little less than nine hundred square feet, and with a single bedroom and bath, the apartment felt small to me, but he was happy in it. It had a balcony that offered a view of the pool and all the pretty people who used it in the summertime, and in addition to the pool, the amenities included a fitness center, clubhouse, and barbecue area.
It was only half an hour from Mother’s home in Great Falls, and I’d thought I’d given myself plenty of time, but that evening, traffic being what it was, it took me almos
