The air was permeated with a haze of sweet reefer smoke wafting above the crowd as our instrumental rumbled to a climax, our lead singer hollering ”...hank you!!” to the throng and yelling out the count to our last tune, a hot little blues number about a cat caught playing in the wrong kittens bed. As our bass player Lance thumped out the opening notes I heard a audible squeal of ecstasy escape her luscious lips, her body shaking and wiggling with delight.I reckon I should describe this hot. "Chuck Johnson for Ben Phillips." Just a second, Mr. Johnson." Hi, Chuck, what are you up to?" I need for you to make sure a good chunk of money is deposited into the fund as we're speaking. Can you do that?" Sure, hang on while I log into the account. Let's see, okay there is a transaction in progress and the amount is, wow, seven million, four hundred fifty six thousand? Where did that come from?" Some loose jewelry that I had from one of the boxes. Buy some houses for some single moms out. "Now you listen to me, you little shithead. If I even so much as see you again, there won't be enough of you left to fill a sandwich bag, so I suggest you find a new place to live." He turned the cart to face the far end of the parking lot that led to a drainage ditch just beyond the curb at the end of the lot."Care to do the honors?" he asked the woman still shaking. She stood up, nodded, and gave the cart a push, send the thief at an increasing speed to the end of the lot, watched it hit the. The Emir wanted his new acquisitions "fresh" as he called it. That was fine by us. I'd gone down to the customer lounge to join Rick for the handover of the remaining eight of the Emir's household slaves, four house maids, three for 'entertaining' clients and his new PA. We'd got together pretty much everything he'd wanted and, of course Cindy as well. Tricia had suggested using Brian's daughters, Beth and Ella, as two of the 'entertainers', I didn't want to do that, I thought that output from.