‘Allright, you can stop pretending you are crazy now,’ he said, and pulled her in for a kiss. Brevila grabbed hold of his head and kissed him back... ‘Dear life I’ve missed you,’ exclaimed her mate after their kiss. ‘I thought you were dead,’ said Brevila and pulled him in for another kiss. ‘I’m not, and neither is Lei,’ said her mate after that kiss. ‘I got separated from them. There was no way I could find them again, so instead I went here to check on you. Took a long time to find you. Took. I asked her why she had chosen me and she said that she had tried doing this with a couple of younger men but they just wanted to have sex with her and one had more or less forced himself on her, and that was why she had been flashing me a bit of stocking top for a while to gauge my reaction and then planned the evening knowing that other people were arriving not long after I had got there. She also said that the way I had behaved earlier in the evening when her plan unravelled meant she was. Paddy said to his pal, "Mick look at the prices! We could buy a whole lot of those and when we get back to Ireland we could make a fortune.Now when we go in you stay quiet, okay? Let me do all da talking 'cause if they hear our accents, they might think we're thicko's from Ireland and try to screw us.I'll put on me best English accent." Roight y'are Paddy, I'll keep me mouth shut, so I will. You do all da business" said Mick.They go in and Paddy said in a posh voice, "Hello my good man. I'll. " Shit," Agnes said. "I had it all worked out so that Brent could become human again. Shit."I laughed. "Fair's fair, my only friend. Loan or not, I'll abide by your conditions," I said. "Let's go eat. I'm buying." I looked at Grace. "If you'll give me a loan until I can get at my money."That produced a happy smile.I didn't call Mary. I knocked on her apartment door. She opened it, saw me, and slammed the door in my face. I turned to walk away, stopping when I heard her door open again."Come.