Chapter 6Sam had spent most of the past two days driving around with Beatrice and catching up with his past, while Leon Duval's case was never far from his mind. All he had been able to think of late into the night was Madsen's few pathetic possessions and her last words to him. “Like friends,” she had said, as though she had no one else.
Sam didn't want to admit how much he had been drawn to Madsen because of their mutual isolation. He hoped she had just decided to move on to a new life, but he planned to drop by Maire's just to ask a few questions to satisfy himself. But first, he had to eat.
As he cruised down Decatur in Jackson Square, he sucked in the essence of earthy river water mingled with the fragrance of strong coffee from the Cafe du Monde across the street. Beatrice sat up l
