It went quiet as I guessed they were kissing. I heard Sue making little sort of purring sounds just as she does when I kiss her. It was clear that she...was going to let me hear just what was going happen by leaving the phone off of the hook. Ben asked if she was O.K. Sue replied that she had been sore but was alright again now. I imagined them kissing, Sue with her arms around his neck, Ben with his arms around her waist. Is this a flying visit she asked. Actually I told them Im on meal break,. " Just as I pictured. You see what the powers of observation can bring,Watson. Now, onto the matter at hand." He lit up a cigarette and took ahit. "Have you ever heard of 'Big Ben' Hightower?" Isn't he that small-time hood, hangs out in the Valley?" One and the same. Well, last year he gave me a tip in that jewelrystore robbery on Sepulveda. Now, he tells me he has a problem that hewants me to handle for him in return." What kind of problem?" That's what I don't know. I've been racking my. .. I don't want you to think..." Karen, I believe you. I saw you both, that day, and I wouldn't have believed that even if I hadn't heard you two talk."She was about to say something but once she understood that I had been spying and eavesdropping also on her, too, she became silent. I nodded to Hana and continued playing the recording."Then there are his women. They shouldn't be present at the opening. Remember, the Chinese girl will be mine. Mine. Maybe I'll even keep her a while. You can. Still, I did not respond. I felt him pull my blanket back, the fabric moving slowly as he tugged it off the bed. He then sat down, the bed squeaking slightly from the shift in weight. “Sleeping so soundly…” I heard him mumble, his hand touching the back of my thigh lighty. His fingers inched up my exposed flesh, slipping under my tshirt and under my panties in one fluid motion. His hand groped my bottom, squeezing gently at first and then much tighter. It took everything in me to be quiet and.