Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 31

We ate breakfast at a cafe on Manhattan Beach and then walked up and down the shoreline for a while. Roxie called Brick Mason at about 10 am. I had told her to tell him to meet me at the Existential Cafe at 2 pm.

I dropped Roxie off at her office in Hollywood and then headed to the cafe.

Right at 2 pm the door opened and a guy stepped into the cafe. He was tall, light brown hair, medium-build, athletic-looking.

Mongo saw him and looked like he'd swallowed his gum. And he wasn't even chewing gum...