It reminded him too much of Sandra. She used to like going there when they lived together in his condo on Ocean Drive. She’d lived in and around Little Havana all her life before she met him; a trip to the beach had been a treat, a place she’d had to make an effort to get to, something she’d only done with family or friends on holidays or weekends. Having a place so close to the sea was a novelty for her. And it never wore off. He liked thinking about Sandra but he didn’t like being reminded of her. Thoughts he could control, memories he couldn’t. They were happy memories, but they left the bitterest taste. He knew what came next, where they led to. Max wasn’t angry at Joe for not talking about his past. Maybe he’d even been leading up to it when he was killed. It didn’t matter. It didn’t change a thing about them or the way they’d been. But …Why had Vanetta Brown put a hit on him?Had she found out about him being an FBI informant?Eldon led the raid on the Jacobin House.
