him. The two of us jumped on a bus
and headed into the city.
The girl lived in a run-down
block of flats downtown. We found
her building, and a girl leaned over
the balcony and waved us inside.
That was the girl’s sister Lerato,
Tom said. Come to find out, he’d
been trying to get with Lerato, and
setting me up with the sister was
his way in—of course, Tom was
working an angle.
It was dark in the lobby. The
elevator was busted, so we walked
up several flights. This girl Lerato
brought us into the flat. In the
living room was this giant, but I