I let the doorman take my coat. Snazzy fella, dressed up in his fancy tux. Ain’t that something. Better dressed than me, and I was the client. Yeah,...I might’ve lied when I said I’d close them down. But hey, what did the voters expect from a politician? You could hear the cabaret all down the hall. A real band. Place like this don’t believe in recordings. First thing you’d see are the girls. They were the point, after all. A few dancers, some call girls waiting on the wings. Even mid afternoon I. Trying to stop what was happening. At a nod from the Commander a rifle was pointed at him and the old man dropped. Sliding back to the floor, I sat there unsure of what I felt. That old fool was no friend of mine. Hell, he had been ready to watch his men slit my throat like a spring hog. But even knowing that, seeing him shot down like he was nothing, burned me. I moved my hand to the still weeping cut at my neck and when I did my hand brushed the little bottle in my pocket. My ‘Bennies…?’ I. ’ The unity, the overwhelming support, moved me to tears. For one day, the world was of single mind and heart, breathless and staring at the unbelievable images that came to them on TV. Thousands died, billions more watched. Journalism class did not disappoint. With few exceptions, most people were possessed of simple sorrow, a tragedy of this magnitude cuts through the rage and the B.S. and goes right for the heart. We were numbed, one and all, but we were proud of how the media, and the. In fact, I had personally witnessed Julie, the troublemaker of the two taking care of two naked married men in the horseshoe pitch area down on all fours and having the time of her life. It was an eye-opener for me because I had figured an eighteen year old would be a lot pickier about the age of their partners. I was not as worried about Kristy because she had already shown some indications of swinging for the other side with the way she let mature women fondle her all over and treat her like.