Jake Randolph in "Requiem For A Stripper" Pt. 24

I went into the lobby. It had a bland decor, dirty floors and an atmosphere that said This is where you wind up when life has repeatedly kicked you in the teeth.

I turned down a hall near the mailboxes and saw the janitor's closet and then a door that read Manager.

I rapped on the door a few times and heard someone yell, "I'm coming! Hold your horses!"

A man answered. He had a face like a mistake and an air of failure that hung around him like cheap aftershave. Or maybe that was cheap aftershave.

"Yeah?" he asked...