He remembered exactly how long it had been since she’d graduated. A pleasurable warmth spread over her. ‘Well, I moved to Chicago after graduation...’ she began. ‘Then after a couple of years I moved to Philly. And now I’m taking an extended road trip of sorts, I guess,’ she went on. He nodded, focusing on the food. Eve was silent as she watched his hands. ‘I’ve mostly been doing administrative – clerical – jobs,’ she continued when he didn’t speak. She sighed softly. ‘I still don’t really know. Where are we going to meet later? Larry wanted to meet for drinks somewhere tonight after work. I take it Larry doesn’t know anything about what’s going on?”“I haven’t told Larry anything yet. I’m thinking that he needs to know what’s going on because you’re gonna need a friend here to talk to. Are you guys going to McGillicuddy’s for drinks? If so, I’ll just meet you guys there.”“That seems to be the place we’ve always gone in the past. I heard something over the weekend that piqued my. I was hoping I could use your phone and maybe get warm inside."She tried to smile but her teeth were chattering, she felt retched andshe was terrified that at any moment this hug man would strike her - orsomething worse.He looked at her with a surly expression for several moments, giving herbody a quick eye. Anna wasn't in the habit of using her body to get whatshe wanted but she was acutely aware that now would have been a good timenot to have looked like a drowned rat. She wished she'd put on. Al said, "How much to let us touch them." Yeah," Russ said, "How much to let us push our faces in between them."Kristen bent over, reaching with her hand to take the $60 off the bar, almost brushing the front of her blouse against Al's face as she did. Pushing the bills into the little front pocket of her hot pants she looked up and said in a mock Southern accent, "Well I don't know, sweetie, how much might that be worth?"Al pulled a roll of bills out of his pocket and peeled off a $100 bill.