“Who the fuck are they?” he demanded.“How should I know? I only work here. Aren’t they your friends?”“I’ve never seen them before in my ...ife. You do remember you were only supposed to let people with tickets in, don’t you?”“No need for that attitude, mate. They had tickets, so I let ‘em in.”“They had fucking tickets?”“Yeah, look.” The doorman held out the stubs. Kenny snatched the tickets out of his hand.“Fucking hell! These are photocopies!”“Are they? How can you tell?”“‘Cause they’re black. I was after anything small and concealable, I didn’t want to be stopped by the cops walking down the road with a television in my arms. Kind of awkward to explain that away at two am in the morning. I made for the stairs and went up, the best stuff was to be found in bedrooms, jewellery,watches all easy to take and sell. As I got to the top of the stairs I saw a light on in the front bedroom. I froze and listened, confrontation was not part of the job. After what felt like an age and no sounds. .................................................!!!!!!!!Gina bouncing on the bed was the first thing I noticed on being woken. Her long black hair flying as though alive and those incredible breasts defying physics when they moved. Combining the two, they dispelled any remaining thoughts of sleep. Her c***dlike squeaks of excitement and eyes flashing in the morning light got my attention. The final straw was the pounding of her fists on my chest !. Taken together they jump started my day so I. I went back to the airport and caught the next flight to Omaha.”“We all wished you’d stayed. Your mom and the Trips were sad.”“What card did she pull?”“She had the deck sitting on the card you left. I cut it and drew the five of hearts.” Kate gripped me so tightly I thought I might bruise. “What happened then?”“On the plane back, I figured out what I had to do. I was so fucking smart.” The bitterness in her voice was something I’d never heard there before. “I called Neil.” I shuddered. “I.