Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 207

He continued, "I'm Charles Lexington the third, but you can call me Charlie 3!"

I laughed, "Okay, Charlie 3, but it's not me Mr. Salem sent over. It's my cousin Herbert here."

I pulled Mason up beside me. Charlie 3 looked him over, red wig, red beard and all.

"Uuuhhh, yeah, I don' kno' so much about him!" he said. "We got standards, ya kno!"

He kept eyeing Mason. "I don' kno, tho'. He a big strappin' boy, ain't he? I think it might work at that. Whaddya think, Regina?"

The girl behind the desk looked at Mason and smiled...