What it came down to was personality dynamics. As the minutes rolled by, communication between the four of us morphed into two, two-way conversations....It seemed like a natural pairing took place, Miles and Marie, Lea and I. Sure enough, when we got outside to walk them to their Midtown hotel, the glass-walled, 50-story Americana, that’s how we paired off. It was mid-afternoon, and the girls wanted to rest up for the New Year’s festivities. ‘Which, before you skated into me,’ Leasaid at the. And then the hand and kiss was gone, and he gave her a little tiny kiss on the tip of her nose. For some reason she blushed again. She felt loved.His teasing continued until his wife came into the room, naked except for a towel which she dropped when she had closed the door behind her."She is very pretty," said the wife. The husband nodded and reached down between the girls legs again, this time reaching his fingers further inside of her, making her shiver in excitement ... He stepped over and. I didn't know why it was, but I was dizzy for Miss Goldman; that is if she was still alive.What about good old Mr. Marks? I already knew he had an interest in American Fascists. Why did he keep going to the Onyx club? Did he have a snitch in Tin Pan Alley? Or maybe a butter and egg man? These were the things I had to get the low down on. They would allow me to put the squeeze on Marks. I owed him bad. I was no longer on the nut, I decided that I would bring the fight to Marks and his. ."He gave her a bemused look. "Here's where it is... Sis! It's in the smoke! It's the smoke that sets you free! You want to turn on... now?" He extended the joint to her.For a moment, she looked at it with next to loathing. The thing he was offering to her could be a monster in disguise. She was truly frightened."Here! Take it!" he said. "It's the only way you'll ever find out!" He put the cigarette between her fingers.Suddenly, she knew. He was reaching out to her from that other, more.