The narrator and his son go to Sunny Vale, Jo Jo's place. Nigel drives while the narrator is in the passenger seat.
The narrator is introduced to Poliare by Jo Jo. Jo Jo wears a fake moustache and takes it off.
A man in fatigues carrying a shotgun on his waist chokes the narrators windpipe with his forearm.
"Nigel watched my knee. He wore my fedora, which, althoughpushed back from his face, sloped down to cover his ears. As heleaned forward, with his palms pressed against the dash, I had thathiccup-in-time feeling, as though I were the passenger and Nigelwere driving." Chapter 10 Page 76Ruffin, M. C. (2020). We cast a shadow: A novel. One World.
"Jo Jo, the poor bastard, seemed to think Casey would step out ofthe kitchen at any moment and declare that all was forgiven.A woman stumbled from the kitchen on one platform heel. Herhair was piled into a crooked beehive, and she wore little more thanan unsashed kimono that revealed one light brown breast. Mild,hard-to-pin-down accent when she spoke." Chapter 10 Page 79Ruffin, M. C. (2020). We cast a shadow: A novel. One World.
"The doorbell rang. I opened the door and a man in fatigues stoodthere, a shotgun slung from his hip. I raised my hands. He shovedme into the wall, choking my windpipe with his forearm." Chapter 10 Page 80 Ruffin, M. C. (2020). We cast a shadow: A novel. One World.