'She's dead?' he said.
'Yes.'
'The cops know?'
'Yes.'
'They know about me?'
'They know you exist. They think you're in Vegas. They don't know you're here,' I said.
'You think they can find me?'
'Yes,' I said.
'They have your picture. They'll circulate it. It's only a matter of time.'
'They know about you and me?'
'They know I'm looking for you.'
Anthony glanced at the hot table again.
'But you didn't tell them you'd found me.'
'No.'
Anthony put up his hand to high-five me.
'All right, Spenser, my man,' he said.
I didn't high-five back, so he put his hand down.
'I'm up big,' he said.
'Couple more days is all I need.'
'I need to know who you're here with,' I said.
'Me? Nobody. I'm here alone. Just me and Lady Luck.'
'You registered as Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis. Who's Mrs.
Davis?'
'Aw, I just did that in case I met somebody, you know?'
'Sure,' I said.
'I know how prudish they are out here about a woman in your room.'
'Yeah, I guess it does sound crazy, but it's just a habit. I always do that when I travel.'
'So there's nobody in there living off room service, staying out of sight.'
'No.'
'Then you won't mind giving me your room key so I can stroll up and see for myself.'
Anthony looked at me, and looked back at his table, and looked at me again.
'I don't want you to go in my room,' he said finally.
'I don't care,' I said, and put my hand out for the key.
'Spenser, c'mon, I got a right to some privacy for cris sake 'And I got a right to go home and let Marty Anaheim find you when he finds you.'
'Marty? Is he here?'
I did a big shrug.
'Where's Hawk?' Anthony said.
He was looking at the casino floor again in the bar mirror.
'I go, Hawk goes,' I said.
Anthony looked over his shoulder again at his table. He scanned the rest of the room. He looked at me, and at the table again.
'Okay, I got a girl with me.'
'Who?'
'Just a girl I know, name's Bibi.'
'Why does she stay in the room all the time?' I said.
'She's kind of shy.'
'Shy?'
'Yeah. She's sort of, ah, intimidated by the casino scene and all.
She stays in the room, reads, watches TV.'
