"His home is nearby!"
The middle-aged manager wiped the sweat from his brow. Leading Dean's group and several energetic Labrador drug-sniffing dogs, he exited the back door of the amusement park and headed towards the nearest residential area.
Amusement parks, for cost reasons, are often situated in areas with cheap land but decent transportation.
Although this was a community in Los Angeles, the surrounding neighborhoods weren't very pleasant.
The ring-toss vendor, who was the middle-aged manager's nephew, had rented a small house with his family in a nearby community for business convenience.
The house was a ground-floor apartment on the outskirts of the community.
The place was old and rundown. In the dim light, rats could be heard scurrying away in panic, their squeaks echoing through the dark corridors, creating a somewhat eerie atmosphere.
