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We participate in idle chitchat for fifteen ram I’m not enrolled in and I tell him how fantastic it is I ask him about Aunt Beth, who doesn’t exist, and he tells ood So smooth He and Sam have been "in business" for years He lives in Manhattan but has a construction coularly It’s a "kill two birds with one stone" scenario Aside from Sam’s best friend, Dominic, Jimmy is the first "business" friend of Sam’s that I’ve met Sam keepselse besides what I’ for him I don’t know if that is to protect me or minimize his own vulnerability, should I ever betray hi directly with Jimmy speaks volumes He obviously trusts Jimmy as much as he trusts oodbye, he said he’d see ht down here
With a noisy slurp of ive Uncle Ji next tofor the white Honda rental
I h this day Even with the cold air of this rental car blasting on my face, several beads of sweat still trickle down h that could be due ree teup to the front of the hotel, I throw the car in park and hit the trunk release And then I pretend to read so a
This is e the memory into a tiny ball, stuff it into a box, and pretend that it never really happened
Until the next time
When I cli, I’ tourist Every fiber in rab the handle of that suitcase--which is er than the last drop--but I don’t I simply show the valet and bellhops rip on the piece of paper with the number 1754 scribbled on it
That’s the hotel roos off and then I’ll be back to do so Fifteen minutes, tops Should we park the car or can I leave it here?" I ask casually
"Which ever you prefer, e at the front desk until you check in later, if you’d like" He’s a grandfatherly-looking randchildren, whorandparents since I was three All I know anymore is Sam
"Oh, thank you so oing to freshen up and then head back out while he’s working" I fake a yawn, ht and all"
"Of course"
We’re walking into the main lobby when I hand him a ten-dollar bill and stealthily maneuver my hand around the handle of ins to object but I flash hi and it has wheels Besides, I like the exercise" And you don’t want to be anywhere near this suitcase, grandpa