“I was headed back to Long Island to my mom’s house, and after a few days on the road I stopped at a motel west of Cleveland. They showed up at the motel. They must have found out where I was going from my roommates because they had followed me all the way.”
“Why were they following you if you left town?”
“I have their money.” There, he said it.
“Their money?”
“Yeah. Before Shub died, he tossed a bag into the van. It had fifty thousand dollars in it.”
“Fifty thousand dollars!”
“Yes.”
The look in Jenny’s eyes made Johnny feel sick. She looked away. After a few minutes she looked back at him.
“Can’t you give it back and just be free of them?”
“Jenny, you don’t understand. I saw them kill a man. I took their money, although I didn’t know I did until later. They don’t want to leave an
