Crazy Nights and Crazy Gals

A cab driver is assaulted and propositioned

It was about 3 A.M. on a weeknight. I had driven a bartender home from his work in Silver Lake to West Hollywood. I had not received a trip request for a few minutes as in the middle of the week, drivers tended to outnumber riders at this late hour. Business usually did not pick-up again until about five when people started going to the airport and the early birds started heading off to work.

The night owls were still out preying upon the snakes and rats that crept about the darkness. Even though it wasn’t busy…