Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Nineteen
The three men sitting around the table made no objections to anything Joel suggested. To receive such unhesitant support from mere acquaintances on matters which greatly affected them struck Joel as too unexpected to be real. So instead of being satisfied at their acceptance of him as heir apparent neighborhood dictator, he became suspicious.
Not because Joel felt any of these three men were untrustworthy. Joel and Sammy had become masters of character assessment over the years. They made a game of it, perhaps for no reason other than to breathe some degree of art or science into what was ultimately a profession void of art and science.
Where was Sammy, anyway? He came here with Joel, but showed no interest in the discussion and sat away from the tab
