Chapter Five
Chapter Five
Bert looked back and forth repeatedly. Lanny was slow in perusing his records. It felt to Bert that Lanny’s mannerisms were intentionally intimidating. This wouldn’t have been as nerve-racking if it weren’t for the four henchmen he brought with him on this trip—even with one of them now gone, another fact setting everyone on edge. When Lanny finally folded the receipt book and lit one of his thin cigarettes, Bert decided not to wait for the imminent castigation to put forth his defense.
“We’re too damn close to the city,” Bert said. “No one wants to come here. Sometimes you can smell the horrid odor of flesh cooking when the winds drift, although today it might be from your man hanging on the wires. We can’t get any traffic. Tell Baker he is selling vouchers i
