For that same series, I was to meet a "working girl" at her apartment, an interview set up by her attorney. I waited outside for about an hour, but she never answered the door. That was also the day my parents were coming to visit and no one at the newspaper would tell them where I was.
Randy Wayne White: An interview, with towels
That is until I interviewed Randy Wayne White, which is the lead story for this issue of Mystery Scene. And just what does my story more than 30 years ago have to do with Florida author Randy Wayne White?
Never before has a person I was to interview asked me to bring towels, hats and some water to the interview.
My interview with Randy will be one of those I will long remember, and with more fondness.
Because of the tide, they landed about a half-mile from where they were supposed. Bill took photographs of Randy when he came out of the water - one of those pictures accompanies my story. It was an amazing sight and no could help but move by watching these hearty men and women come ashore, freezing, but happy and knowing they had just raised money for a SEAL who had been disabled fighting for our country.
We lent him some towels and he sat in our car while his wife went to get their car. The swim certainly gave me a different view and it beats my visit to the brothel by a mile.
