Having had her laugh, she rewound both and put back the boxes, returning them to their places on the shelves.When she exited the small room, this time... the lights did go off and Ruth walked out the back door to her car.Driving the six miles to her apartment, Ruth found that she hardly noticed the cool breeze that was coming off the Florida coastline. Her mind was still on the tapes and the young man who had rented them.George Bell was a nice kid, she thought, a few inches taller than her own. Terry: “Now, at this card game, like I explained, your Father lost everything that was to his name. He was quite the broken man. When he started begging and sniveling that he would do anything to keep his worth, it was decided that he might be a candidate for ‘the program’. This is where I come in.”Nadia handed a new drink to him. She wanted to ask what ‘the program’ was but she didn’t dare interrupt him again. She took her seat behind the desk as Terry took a sip of the drink then. We don't have no maricones. C'mere, ladyboy." I will, if someone comes and watches this methadrine menudo."Hector laughs, and waves Cesar over to the still fulminating pot ofvaporous chemicals.I approach Hector warily. He looks like he has been sampling his owninventory. His handsome Mestizo face is taut and drawn. He is sweaty andhis hair is greasy and unkempt. His clothes look like they have beenstored unwashed on the floor for weeks. He has the look of a predatorthat has himself become the. ’ I laughed. ‘I am sorry?’ she said, with just a hint of an accent. ‘I said, you’re braver than I am,’ I replied, indicating the shower. She appeared to mentally translate this, then a look of understanding seemed to spread across her face. She gave an embarrassed laugh, ‘Ah, yes! I am sorry, my English is still not good. I am from Russia.’ ‘Well your English is better than my Russian.’ I said, ‘All I can remember from school is ‘Strazwutiye” ‘Ah, ‘Zdravstvujtye’!’ She corrected, laughing..