Chapter 19
“I tell you, the guy f*****g disappeared. Right before our eyes. We were following his car along the coast, staying back a bit, sure. We didn’t want him to pick up on being tailed. Anyway, the road curved and when we came around, his car was gone. We sped up, way over the speed limit, but couldn’t find him. We went back to see if he’d turned off the highway, but there were only a couple side roads, and we didn’t see him there either.”
He waited, listening to furious ranting coming from the other end of the phone line.
“Of course, we were following the right guy. There aren’t many 6’2” Westerners hanging around the Lafcadio Hearn Museum, believe me. We knew it was him the minute he showed up.”
More ranting.
“Okay, okay. We’ll ask at the museum, then will search. Up and down
