[He waited for about an hour, hiding to see if she'd show. Eventually, he talks himself out of it. Sure that she couldn't be there and even if she was, she'd do whatever she could to keep him from seeing her. But, why? Why torture him?
The urge to follow the delivery driver is strong, but he can't. The show needs him and abandoning the people he promised to take care of is something he can't do. Something he knows she knows he can't do. The tamales are shared among his carnies and none of them think it's a good idea to ask him how he's doing or where they came from. Eddie's usually a ray of sunshine, eager to help the people around him. But, the tamales make him sullen and soft-spoken.
The next morning, there's a piece of paper posted on the community board at the book store. It's just an ankh drawn in black, but if she took it home and held it up to the light, she could see a phone number.]