Evan returned to his trailer just after nine that evening. He found Leon awake. Since they’d each slept through some of the day, neither felt like turning in. So they talked into the early hours.
Evan shared that Loretta had asked him to comfort her, and it had soon progressed much further. Leon didn’t seem surprised.
In fact, he doesn’t seem surprised at all.
They needed whatever Doc Wilmer would be willing to tell them. And there were two new potential interview subjects — fashion instructor Jack Nathan and casino manager Mick Heston. Evan also wondered whether they would be able to get anything more from Clint Everly and — perhaps more importantly — whether he’d been complicit in the hookups in the utility room at Myerson.
“Clint’s not the brightest fellow,” Leon offered. “But he se
