All day, that's all I could think 
about, those five black cats, and even 
though the Darkness didn’t attack me   
full force, the depression was bad     
enough.                                
     That night, I needed someone to   
talk to, so I went over to see Pee Wee 
and Mouse. I let them tell me their    
good news first.                       
     Mouse started it off by explaining
that, “Even Rico wanted to help patrol,
so he did a route that mirrored mine,  
and I didn't think of it at the time,  
but both our routes hit all the down-  
town bars. I ended up driving the same 
people all over the city, all night    
long, and so did Rico.                 
     “The fares weren't big, but the   
sheer number of them, and the tips,    
sure made up for it.                   
*      “All total, we both made almost a   
couple thousand dollars, in one night! 
That's huge for us, and doesn’t even   
include the tips, plus the two hundred 
you pulled in hon puts us over two     
grand. It's the best night, we've ever 
had!”                                  
     “And it was a Monday too,” Pee Wee
added, “and Mondays are never a good   
night for us.”                         
     “Some people, I guess, don’t like 
to let a good drinking holiday go to   
waste, even if it’s a Monday,” I said, 
and then told them about the five black
cats, and apologized for bursting in on
what should’ve been a happy occasion   
for them.                              
     I said my goodbyes and headed for 
the door.                              



CHAPTER 12: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th
<<  251 |  252  | 253  >>
[ TABLE OF CONTENTS ]

                                            *MIDDLE OF THE PAGE