"Nasty Nicks- a New York delicacy. By the look on you face you've never been here before, have you Montana?" Danny said as he pushed up his glasses with his knuckle.
"I try to steer clear of these "Nasty" places. I like to think what I'm eating is good."
"Ignore the name Montana, first rule of eating in New York. It's the taste you're looking for. But we're not here to eat are we?" He said knowing Lindsay oh too well. She's never wanted to eat lunch with him, why start now?
"Oh well we can eat, I'm starving, I just need some answers first. You know the hat-."
"Yea the hat said "Nasty Nick's", I know the whole story." He said opening the door. "After you." He said holding the door for Lindsay. She walked inside. It was crowded. Very crowded. It looked like this place was the place to be.
"Can I help ya's?" A man with a very stubby-haired chin said to them.
"Table for two."
"This way." Danny and Lindsay followed the man to the back of the restaurant. They sat down and ordered. No one in the restaurant was wearing a trucker hat. No one in the restaurant was wearing any sort of hat. "Order?"
"I large pizza, just cheese today." Danny ordered, unhesitant. The man walked away, as Danny swiveled his head to get a better look around, it was extremely difficult to see with all the people in here. "You want something to drink Montana?" He asked her as he faced forward again. But she was focused on something else.
"It looks like they're selling hats in that display case up front." She told Danny as she squinted to get a better look. "I'm going to go check. Oh, a Bud Light will work."
"Yea, yea. I'll be here." He said nodding his head. Lindsay walked over to the counter and discovered her eyes hadn't gone to Hell yet- there were indeed hats in the display case. All trucker hats, all the same color, all saying "Nasty Nick's". There was a man standing at the register.
"Excuse me. Do you have a record of the hats you've sold within the last week?" She asked him.
"Why? You need a reference before you buy one?" He asked laughing.
"No," she started to answer flashing her badge. "A suspect in a case was wearing one of these hats. I was wondering if I could look for any familiar names."
"Yea, you got it." The man said, all of a sudden becoming very corporative. He handed her a list minutes later from the past week.
"Thank you very much sir." She said as she walked back to where she and Danny sat. "I got the sales paper from the past week, maybe a familiar name will pop up." She said as she began to skim through the list. She handed Danny the second piece of paper and he began to skim as well.
"Boom." Danny exclaimed a minute later "That name ringin' any bells?"