Jim started get sleepy as hewatched the paper burn up, then everything went black.When Jim woke up he was laying in bed. He looked around him to see i...he was still somehow it the back room of the shop. As he looked aroundhe noticed that he was in a hotel room, on the dresser he noticed thesuitcase that had the stolen money in it.He really had to use the bathroom. So he got up off the bed and went tothe bathroom. He felt really strange; his center of gravity was off. Hefelt top heavy for some. "Gee... thanks. Have you got the tenner for the taxi, he hasn’t got all day. And didn’t I tell you to be waiting naked for me?" Oh yes…" she picks up the ten pound note off the dining room table and hands it to me.I nip back outside and hand the cab driver the tenner through his wound down window."Four quid please, mate." Just give me a fiver back." I like to look generous.He fumbles around in a cloth cash bag before producing a screwed up fiver which he presses into my hand. I then stuff the. My bedroom was huge. Bigger than my old living room and kitchen together. And they filled it with all kinds of toys, dolls, and several girly ornaments that made me feel like really, really happy. Yes, I missed my parents, and yes, those first nights I'd silently cry before sleeping, but aunt Helen always checked on me, hugged me, and whispered sweet lullabies. Sometimes she'd take me to their bedroom, and I slept between them. That made me feel good.About a week later, I already felt at home.. “Oh, this must be your Irish friend. Hi there! I’m Jonah, your crazy host for the evening!”As I introduced Muireann to him, I got the feeling he wasn’t quite as into Alice as he used to be. I steeled myself for what promised to be a long evening.Let’s just win this thing... One relieving factor soon became apparent: Carmen had not come to the party. I’d kept an eye on Pete’s whereabouts while both bands set up in the performance space. If he’d invited her, she surely would’ve been hanging out.