Chapter 5
Debra's fears were justified. They weren't caught, but they were heard, then seen. Dan had been making a last round of the midway. He paused across from Meeks' flat joint to light a cigarette. It was then he heard a muffled sound from the tent. He tensed, listening. The sound came again and he recognized it as that of a woman in ecstasy. He debated lifting the tent fly and exposing whoever was inside, but it was none of his business if some carnie was banging a broad in there, unless it was some under-age townie girl and that could be trouble.
It was this that prompted him to melt back into the shadows of the caterpillar ride across the way and wait, the coal of his cigarette hidden by his cupped hand. He felt a faint shame at his spying, yet it was his job to know what was
