Chapter 5Saturday night
Reggie kept watch from his seat at the end of the bar. He could see the whole club from where he was sitting. Officer Compton from the Asbury Park Police Department was with the bouncer checking the front door, and security stood at all of the exits. The club was wall-to-wall people. There were people waiting outside in line hoping someone else left so that they could take their place. At every bar in the place, men were lined up six and seven deep. Reggie couldn’t even find Jack or the guys in the crowd.
Mark was taking care of the section of the bar Reggie’s was sitting at and he hadn’t taken a minute to himself since he walked in the door at four-thirty. He looked like he was about to fall down, Reggie was worried that he wouldn’t make it through the night. At
