Chapter 9 - Gage
Eight Days Later...
Gage parked his 'Vette in front of a small, shabby-looking blue house. It was so far west that it was barely within the city limits, and the houses and buildings surrounding it were covered in gang signs and graffiti. Young men in white undershirts and baggy jeans eyed Gage from the street corners as he got out of the car, leaned in through the window, and honked the horn a couple of times so Carolyn would know he was there.
He had enjoyed working closely with her over the past week, and not just because of how she looked—though he still couldn't take his eyes off her whenever they were together. The meeting with the loan officer at the bank went smoothly, with Carolyn handling the money talk and Gage chiming in earnestly about how he'd always wanted
