Chapter Twenty-TwoAfter Gus reached the corner of Cleveland's street and turned at the intersection, he said to Larry, “I'll drop you at your place and head back home.”
“Then what?
“Then nothing.”
“What about the woman?” Larry asked.
“You recognize her?”
“Never seen her before.”
“Then, nothing, like I said before.”
“She probably couldn't see you on the other side of the car, but what if she got a good look at me?” Larry asked.
“She didn't.”
“How do you know?”
“I know,” Gus said.
Larry hesitated to challenge Gus, especially after the scene at Gus's house earlier that day, but this was important. He took a deep breath and let his words spill out slowly. “Well, would you mind tellin' me how you know?”
“Simple,” Gus said. “When did you first see her?”
“When she screamed.”
“Okay,
