Chapter 14After receiving the go-ahead from Adrian, Brody got two tickets for the Friday evening performance of Desire Under the Elms. One afternoon on the way home he stopped at Penney’s and bought a new tie. He thought it would give a new look to his navy blazer, his only dress-up outfit.
Though the snow had melted earlier in the week, by Friday it had turned cold again. He took his new parka to the university theater but decided to leave it in the car. He figured it was such a short distance from the parking lot to the lobby it wasn’t worth the trouble. Adrian was wearing a Burberry raincoat over a black blazer and gray slacks.
“You’re not going to wear your coat into the theater?”
“No.”
“Well, I’m not going to freeze my ass off. And you can check your coat, you know. You don’t have
