Chapter 15
Cotty had made no attempt to approach Paula in the tent. Once, he had maneuvered until he caught her glance. A look passed between them, a current of understanding. He moved along with the carnies following Greer's body to the arch over the midway entrance. There, they all stood silently while the body was loaded into a police ambulance. Paula got into a car with the deputy in charge, and the official cars drove away.
The carnies milled about for a little, talking in awed whispers, then drifted away one by one. Cotty slipped away before they were all gone and returned to the wheel joint. He collected all his things and packed them into a bag which he left under the counter. Then he scouted out a truck close enough to the Greer trailer where he could watch. He climbed into t
