Same evening
7:45 p.m. EST
His job to deliver the Key Largo fake video to Channel 10's news director finished and, after declining a cruise, Russ Parker had stopped at the Hole-in-One lounge for a cold draft. After enjoying a couple’s nude stage show, several more drafts, he drove to the Miami Beach Ocean Resort on Collins Avenue. There, he went to his room, discarded his black wig and mustache and changed into a thong swimsuit. After applying a coating of sun screen, he took the elevator and stopped at the front desk. He deposited his cash, fake Russ Parker ID and car rental papers in a safe deposit box. Smiling, he ambled pool side.
Feeling on top of the world, he spent the late afternoon sunning, ogling male anatomy, drinking gin and tonic. A conversation struck in the hot tub with Philip, they went back to Russ’s room. Half-hour later, Philip’s nude thighs straddling Russ’s chest, the last thing Russ saw was a glint of steel. The last thing he heard was the sucking sound of his sliced trachea.