Chapter 70
“What are we to do?”, I asked, closing my eyes in exhaustion
Jack pulled out his walled and placed few bills under the glass, the same way Ronny had done.
“Let’s go”, he said, touching my arm
We found a streetcar stop not too far from the nightclub and rode it in silence, letting its monotonous rock appease us. I was about to fall asleep when I felt a jerk and I opened my eyes. The streetcar stopped. I looked up and saw a red traffic light. I turned around and Jack attempted a tired smile.
“What are we going to do?”, I asked again
“Go to bed as soon as we get the chance”, he replied, trying to add a touch of cheerful assurance to his words
“What about Mori? Should we see him tomorrow morning?”
“Why wouldn’t we?”, Jack said
“Because of what the guy told us…”
Jack shrugged
“Did you believe him?”, I asked
“No”
“At moments I did…”
“Think about it. You contacted Mori first”, Jack argued
“Yes, but he invited me here…”, I said
“Sure he did. You asked for his help and he accepted to help. Why would you go trust a guy who popped up from nowhere, after following us for who knows how long and on behalf of whom”, Jack insisted
“Yeah…I don’t know what I was thinking”
Jack smiled again and pet my shoulder.
“We’ll be fine”, he said
I knew he had doubts about that just as much as I did. I smiled back though, trying to look reassured and reassuring.
Few minutes later we finally reached our stop, and it was good to be close to the hotel although getting up on my feet and walking again, even for a few more steps, was painful. I collected my strength. One step after the next, we got across the street, and past the hotel entrance and in the elevator, and in the hallway and finally in front of our room.
But the door was cracked open and a cone of light projected itself out of our room, into the hallway.