Previously – Chapter 11: No, Thank You The ice machine on the second-floor landing let go of a load at ten past eight, a sound like a small wall coming down two doors away, and … Against All Odds – Chapter 12: Dinner on a TuesdayRead more
Against All Odds – Chapter 11: No, Thank You
Previously – Chapter 10: Twelve Envelopes Charles had offered to take the last one by wire. Jake said he’d bring it. The envelope held one thousand nine hundred dollars, and he did not count it, … Against All Odds – Chapter 11: No, Thank YouRead more
Against All Odds – Chapter 10: Twelve Envelopes
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 9: The Fourth Tuesday in October
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 8: Nine Dollars
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 7: What Do You Get Out of This
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 6: One Card
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 5: Clean Squares in the Dust
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
Against All Odds – Chapter 4: Welcome Back, Mr. Dalton
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.
Against All Odds – Chapter 3: Page Thirty-One
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