“That’s good—I don’t want to lose such a responsible tenant.” Mrs. Darcy said her good-byes and they went out into the night.
* * * *
Jake opened the trunk of the Audi and placed Davey’s suitcase and coats inside. They drove uptown in silence, arriving at Jake’s apartment building at ten. Davey couldn’t believe how his life’s direction had changed in less than three hours. Once they arrived at One Beacon Court, the doorman took Davey’s suitcase and coats and put them on a rack for the porter to take upstairs while the valet took Jake’s keys and the car.
Davey whispered to Jake, “Practically everything I own is in that suitcase. Can I take it and the coats up myself?” He blushed in embarrassment.
“Regis is the porter and has been here since the building opened. The doorman, Stanley has
