A silver metal in the shape of a pyramid hung from the rearview by a chain, swinging and catching the moonlight. Much to my surprise the cab was immaculate and looked as if it had been thoroughly cleaned just moments before. Visions of Cap with a bucket and rags, laughing away and furiously scrub...
They grew fainter the moment Claudia continued speaking. “The first time I saw him it was just after dark. He was cruising Weld Square. A lot of the girls on the street knew him on sight as a regular, he cruised the square three, four times a week. I hadn’t worked that area in a long time and...
I remembered the smells of sea and sand, perspiration and night, the grip of fear and anticipation, the unknown. But the sounds of that night so many years ago, I remembered them best of all. The wind rushing in over the dark ocean, crossing the sand, crawling up along the dunes and through the t...