CHAPTER FIFTEENThe red light shone brightly over the front door of Caesar’s Spa, a popular massage parlor in downtown Fort Wayne. It was the only light illuminating the dilapidated two-story building. All the windows were boarded up.
Jesse paused before entering. He wondered why a business that was trying to maintain a façade of legality would utilize a red light, the universal symbol for prostitution. He was amazed at how brazen the massage parlors had become in a town that billed itself as the “city of churches” and a great place to raise a family.
The parlors had suggestive storefronts, billboards, and ads in the newspapers. Nightlife, the widely circulated entertainment tabloid in town, advertised extensively for five different parlors. The ads were not subtle. They offered “full-bod
