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We drove until we found an ee The lights inside the garage were on full force and a white security pick-up truck was parked just inside the entrance

We pulled up beside the truck The guard was out cold, wrapped in his jacket, hugging himself for warmth, the s cracked for air Sherbet rolled down hisThe sound of thu rain was louder and uard still hadn&039;t moved

"Hey," said Sherbet

The ainst the steering wheel The horn went off and he ju

Sherbet turned to ht of Ten Thousand Fools"

"An Arabian farce"

The detective leaned out the , producing his badge from his jacket pocket "Detective Sherbet, Fullerton PD We need to, ue for a few uard&039;s voice was slightly high-pitched He was fortyish and uard His neck was also freakishly long "It&039;s the rain, you know Knocks ain, they&039;d fire me" He looked sheepish

"Don&039;t worry about it, pal," said Sherbet "I won&039;t tell if you don&039;t"

He brightened, his job secure "Is thereI can do for you? You know, maybe help you out?"

"Sure," said Sherbet "Guard this entrance with your life No one coot it, detective!"

Sherbet rolled up hisand we eased into the parking structure and out of the rain

"Coe?" I said

"Sounds iuard had positioned his truck before the garage&039;s entrance "Good of you to give hi to do," I said "But what happens if someone wants to come in?"

"Then they&039;ll have to deal with Flaht he looked more like a stork"

"Whatever" Sherbet pulled into a slot "You ready to dig in?"

"As ready as ever"

The covered garage was mostly empty, save for a few desolate vehicles These vehicles had the look of seloves

The bags were sodden One of theave that one to the detective

"Thanks," he said

"I&039;h smelly trash"

"They do when they&039;re on my shift"

"Yeah, well, luckily I don&039;t work for you"

"Luckily"

With legs crossed, I hunkered down on a parking rebar I untied the reeted hat ht&039;s chicken teriyaki My storowled noisily My stomach seemed to have missed the memo about my new diet My new blood diet