Devil In A Blue Dress

At the motel, Easy asks the manager which room Daphne is staying in. She refuses to tell him, explaining that motel policy prohibits men from entering women’s rooms. After Easy threatens to knock on doors to find Daphne, she reluctantly gives him the number. Dressed in a bathrobe, Daphne greets Easy with a smile. The manager approaches, accompanied by two men, one of whom has a club. They turn away when Daphne promises not to let Easy into her room.

Easy convinces Daphne to go with him to a dilapidated mansion-turned-hotel owned by his friend, Primo, located in East LA. When Easy asks for privacy, Primo rents him a small building in the back. Inside, Daphne tends to the wounds Easy got from Frank and the police.

Easy is both sexually aroused and moved to reflection as Daphne washes him. She begins to make “obscene suggestions,” and they spend the night making love. In the morning, Daphne explains that she called Easy because she wanted to get away from “the ones who won’t let us be ourselves. They never want us to feel this good or close like this” (186).

After a lazy morning, Easy begins to question Daphne. She reveals Richard was her boyfriend before Carter, and that he joined with Teran and Howard to blackmail Carter after Daphne left him.