Chapter TwentyRico and Buster Kincaid went back a long way. He was Rico's father's best friend. Nobody knew how Rico's father died except Rico, because only he was there when it happened, and he told no one. But, being so close to Rico's father, Buster had an inkling of what took place. He was one of a handful of people who knew about the father's dream to become an English teacher and to leave his job in the steel mill where he and Buster had worked side by side until just before Rico's father's death.
Buster had a modest dream of his own, which was to open the small business that became Buster's Café. Rico's father never realized his dream, but his death was the catalyst that enabled Buster to finally realize his.
There was another link between Rico and Buster, beyond Buster's friendsh
