Chapter 5: Hot WaterDidi insisted on dropping him off. As they turned on to Goder Lane, she noted, “This area’s going downhill.”
“From the little I’ve seen, the whole town has,” Pete remarked.”
She pulled up to the curb.
“Sorry I opened the door to you bad-mouthing something else,” she complained.
“I’m allowed. I grew up here, too, Deeds. It was never flush with success. We’re still mostly known for those twin little girls that were abducted and never found in 1999. That’s not much of an accomplishment.”
“Only because that true crime show kept rehashing it,” Didi griped. “When I took Dad driving around to look at lights, this neighborhood was quite pretty for Christmas.”
“Poor people always try harder with decorations. Never count on rich people to express merriment. It’s always the
