Summary

In “Bullet Number Two,” Hawley was 25. On his way to Arizona to help Jove rob a casino, Hawley checked in at a motel. A Navajo Indian worked the counter while another Indian and a man with freckles who made Hawley nervous were playing cards in the lobby. He carried the bag that contained his guns as well as the jar of black licorice in which he hid his money to the room. The digital clock on the bedside table was stuck at 4:16 a.m.

Hawley had just finished in the shower when a girl named Amy knocked on his door. She said she was locked out of her room and the lobby was locked. Hawley let her into his room because she was shielding a baby from the blowing sand. Hawley checked the lobby, but he could not...