CHECK OUT TIME
Outside the club, the cool desert air brought the travelers to their senses. Some of them.
Fred was walking in circles between the shuttered stalls of the bazaar, shaking his head. Tim and Dan lit cigarettes and eyed their new acquaintance.
“Are you really going to join us?”
“You have impeccable timing. Just as it was getting hot, here come the British cavalry.”
Dan added, “That was so unreal, I’m almost surprised you’re out here with us. You seem pretty much part of the Blue Parrot.”
“I was. I am in a tight spot here. If you don’t mind. I have done the road to Herat before, I know the route.”
Tim asked, “You need to leave Isfahan when, Thierry?”
“Tonight. I told you this place is going to close. You don’t think Iraj is going to wait for money I owe the club, when th
