Chapter 27

The gallery was on Fifth Avenue so there were a few shops a few blocks down from it. Steven had gotten lucky that Derek was able to go into one that was still open and had his size clothing. Steven was about six foot two and he was three times Derek’s width. He wasn’t the size most men shops carried in general inventory. He was able to get a pair of cheap dress shoes in Steven’s size. But the store didn’t have underwear in his size.

Derek had to stop three cab drivers before he got one that was willing to take him where he wanted to go. According to the first two drivers, where he wanted to go was in a really rough area of the Bronx and wasn’t worth the cab fare going there.

Derek had offered the second driver double his far. “Forget it, buddy. And if I were you, I wouldn’t go to that part of the Bronx unless it was life or death.” The cab driver had taken off.

If Lionel, a black cab driver, hadn’t come along Derek would still be trying to get a cab to take him