Chapter 18

He realized almost at once that the Ike was not there. Then, as he looked again at the clock, he figured out Ike had gotten up and gone to work hours ago. That provided Perry some relief and a bit of wiggle room. Now he would not have to face his roommate and what they’d done for a few more hours. Wouldn’t it be all right later?

In less than an hour, he was behind the wheel of his own truck heading out on a couple of fool’s errands, or at least that was what he expected they’d be. The mysterious El Feo was not about to step out and introduce himself. And what happened next to the two children he’d left at the shelter last night was really none of his business, although he hoped they would not go back to shantytown and the care of a drunken grandfather and a drug addict mother.