Chapter 103

           ItookTanyatoSantaAnita.Thecurrentsensationwasa16yearoldjockeystillridingwithhis5poundbugadvantage.HewasfromtheeastandwasridingatSantaAnitaforthefirsttime.Thetrackwasofferingaprizeof$10,000tothepersonwhocouldpickthewinnerofthefeaturerace,buthisorherentryhadtobepluckedoutofalltheotherentries.Onepersonwasdrawnforeachhorseanditwentfromthere.

           Wedroveinaboutthe4thraceandthesuckershadtheplacefilledtocapacity.Alltheseatsweregoneandtherewasnoparkingleft.Trackpersonneldirectedusintoanearbyshoppingcenter.Theyhadbussestoshuttleusin.Theywouldletuswalkbackafterthelastrace.

           "Thisismadness.Ifeellikegoingback,"ItoldTanya.

           Shetookapullfromherpint."Fuckit,"shesaid,"we’rehere."

           AfterwegotinsideIknewaspecialplacetosit,comfortableandisolated,andItookherthere.Theonlythingwrongwasthatthechildrenhaddiscoveredittoo.Theyranaboutkickingupdustandscreaming,butitwasbetterthanstanding.

           "We’releavingafterthe8thrace,"ItoldTanya."Thelastofthesepeoplewon’tgetoutofhereuntilmidnight."

           "I’llbetaracetrackwouldbeagoodplacetopickupmen."

           "Thehookersworktheclubhouse."

           "Didahookereverpickyouupouthere?"

           "Once,butitdidn’tcount."

           "Why?"

           "Ialreadyknewher."

           "Aren’tyouafraidofcatchingsomething?"

           "Ofcourse,that’swhymostmenwillonlytakehead."

           "Youlikehead?"

           "Why,sure."

           "Whendowebet?"

           "Rightnow."

           Tanyafollowedmetothebettingwindows.

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