Chapter 30: Rose

Watching Clara walk away, Jimmy couldn't help but slam the steering wheel and curse, "Damn it, a sure thing just slipped through my fingers." He'd burned through plenty of cash trying to get Clara into bed. He'd nagged and wheedled for a whole month, loaded her up with expensive gifts, mixed money with romance, and they'd finally made it to the hotel entrance. Then Clara bolted. … On the other side of town, after Mario Walton walked Nancy to the entrance of her apartment complex and was about...