Selena and JoeChapter 58
For Manhattan, it was a typical last week in August that bled into September. The hot, humid dog days were hanging on for a last celebration of summer. They were the kind of days you saw in the old newsreels where they opened the hydrants for the kids to cool off. They didn't do that anymore, too many people had air conditioning. Water, although not scarce, was somewhat a premium as the purification cost too much for municipalities to let it run freely back into the sewers. However, it was...