The text came in at 3:52, eight minutes before the meeting, which meant Curt Reisman had known since roughly ten that morning and had spent six hours deciding how to phrase it. rain check!! traveling, … Against All Odds – Chapter 1: Fateful EncounterRead more
Previously – Chapter 1: Fateful Encounter Level five of the Bellagio self-park held seven cars at six in the morning, and Jake Dalton had been sitting in one of them for fifty-one minutes with the … Against All Odds – Chapter 2: What He Wrote on His WristRead more
Previously – Chapter 2: What He Wrote on His Wrist The gondolier had a fine voice and a terrible dispatcher, and Lila could only concentrate on one of them. “Fourteen boats,” she said. “Mm.” “Two … Against All Odds – Chapter 3: Page Thirty-OneRead more
Ignacio has the door open before the car stops. The suite is comped, the folio shows a zero, and over breakfast Lila asks how much of it is true.
Previously – Chapter 4: Welcome Back, Mr. Dalton Jake’s face froze at 11:40 on a Tuesday with his mouth open and one eye shut, and it held there long enough for Lila to screenshot it, … Against All Odds – Chapter 5: Clean Squares in the DustRead more
Previously – Chapter 5: Clean Squares in the Dust The envelope held eleven thousand four hundred dollars and he counted it three times in the rental car, a Kia Soul the color of a tennis … Against All Odds – Chapter 6: One CardRead more
Previously – Chapter 6: One Card The carpet in the intake lobby at Vista Del Valle was the color of a manila envelope that had spent a decade in a drawer, and it was cut … Against All Odds – Chapter 7: What Do You Get Out of ThisRead more
Previously – Chapter 7: What Do You Get Out of This The leg quarters were ninety-nine cents a pound. Nobody puts leg quarters at ninety-nine cents unless they need them out of the case by … Against All Odds – Chapter 8: Nine DollarsRead more
Previously – Chapter 8: Nine Dollars “Twenty-two five,” Lila said, “and that’s with the drayage in it, which you will not see on anyone else’s number, because everyone else quotes you a room and then … Against All Odds – Chapter 9: The Fourth Tuesday in OctoberRead more
Previously – Chapter 9: The Fourth Tuesday in October The storage unit in Skokie held fifty-eight degrees in February, which the front office described as climate controlled, and Lila had stopped arguing about it in … Against All Odds – Chapter 10: Twelve EnvelopesRead more