’ ‘Hopefully, we won’t put any bullet holes in it,’ Martin said. ‘Of course, if we do, it will bring the price down, won’t it?’ ‘Yeah,...right,’ Bill said. ‘How soon you going to be here?’ ‘I’m going to slow down,’ Martin said. ‘Maybe even stop for gas. I’ll give you an hour to get set up.’ ‘Right, we’ll be waiting for you,’ Bill said. ‘Be careful.’ Martin put the phone back in its holder and slowed down to the speed limit. The black car was still back there, keeping pace with him. ‘James County. A few minutes later I was interrupted “I didn’t realise you were in the same hotel” I lowered the journal to see a vaguely disgruntled Swiss Miss in front of me; She sat down. I replied “yeah, it’s got the nicest view” semi sarcastically. She shrugged and while tilting her head slightly, gave a glimmer of a grin. Well, practise was good. I saw you practising. Said she, as she agitated a little in the seat. “Yeah no doubt” I retorted. I was trying to keep small talk to a minimum, and I was. To the sound of laughter, I gave them both the ‘V’ sign and went to my room.Thursday came and went. I must admit I wasn’t one hundred per cent with it. It wasn’t just being in a bit of a daydream, but also thinking about where we would go Friday night. It was a university town, so there were several options for dancing, but dinner was more limited, outside of chain restaurants. Training that evening was on fitness so it was easier to focus with no technical skills to apply and it cleared out my. “Thanks, Steve. Yeah, we’re doing a gig here in Paris. That night you played with us at the hotel helped get us some more recognition. Our drummer’s cousin works here in Paris. She showed a small club here the video from the night you played with us. Naturally, they liked it a lot and hired us. They were a bit upset when we showed up without Steve Hammer. We still did pretty well and it worked out okay. “Last night as we finished up our final set, we were approached by a guy from the Olympia.