Soon her gaze settled on a corner booth not far where she sat, with six men dressed in suits. Their ties were in varying states of undone. A few had t...eir jackets off and draped over the back of the booth. She gave them a collective wink and took a sip of her cocktail. Before taking the glass from her lips, she passed her tongue part way around its rim. Several of those facing her shifted in their seats. A couple facing away, turned around.One of the men, a convention goer, took his chance. He. No wonder she was bound for stardom.She smiled at me as she extended her hand, but there was no warmth in thesmile, or her handshake. Somehow she was able to fool the camera, but itdidn't work in person?or maybe she was just so disgusted at the sight ofsomeone as nondescript as I was that she couldn't hide it. It was clearthat this interview was an ordeal she would just as soon have skipped.I opened the conversation by thanking her for taking the time to talkwith me, and reminded her that were. Sitting on the bed we talked a short while we got dressed and then we went downstairs, got a drink and sat outside so I could have a cigarette. Fifteen minutes later we were standing in his kitchen talking, as he washed up I checked to see if I had a condom.Yes there was one in my pocket, I always carry on these days after what Helen said months ago. I advanced towards him and slipped my hands on his hips, he turned around and we snogged again. “Let’s go back upstairs” I said as we walked. The bank crashed in '29 ... no help there, the city clerk doesn't have the key. No one has the key.Jezebel ... bless her sweet hide ... said, "daddy has the safety deposit vault from the bank." The boxes?" Nope, the whole damn thing. His daddy bought it when they tore down the bank building." You're kidding." Nope, he's got the main vault too." Does he have the keys?" Yes." She dithered a bit and then confessed, "they're not numbered. They were but someone took off the number disks. We have.