What you missed out on.’ He almost got punched again. ‘For Christ’s sakes, man. I thought you and Irene were . . . ‘ ‘Happily married?’ A...pair of fire engines and an ambulance with lights flashing and sirens wailing approached from the opposite direction, I slowed and drifted onto the shoulder. ‘We were never that happy, man. You know that.’ ‘Yeah, but Aaron . . . swinging?’ ‘Actually,’ he said. ‘The swinging part was hers. I just took pictures and then fucked her good and hard afterwards.. Traci squealed and rolled over, herrobe falling off her shoulders as she went onto herback in the grass. Son of a bitch, when had Traceshaved her pussy? She was as hairless as Karen.I couldn’t hold back a smile. This quarrel wasobviously big shit to the girls, and I was reallyhoping this fight might go on for a while longer. Ihad the best seat in the house.Karen got on top of my sister then, slapping at her —not very effectually. Guys would have beenbloody-nosed and broken-toothed. I grabbed their tooth brushes, perfume and deodorant and other things I thought they would need. Then after putting their bags down stairs I saw Jules writing in something and slip it into her bag. But didn’t think too much of it. I ran back upstairs and got my stuff into a duffle bag. I have to bring my headphones and iPod into my bag or I would have died of boredom. I packed all of our bags into the trunk and drove us to the closest hotel. It wasn’t that far. We got there in about 10 minutes.. ?I’ll be back in a second.? Still in my skyscraper platform boots, I managed to make my way to one of the couches without falling over. I had gradually adjusted to breathing in the corset, at least. I considered taking the elbow-length gloves off, but they made a nice look with the rest of the outfit, so kept them on in the end. Trying to think of small talk, I called after him.?So how long have you been in the magazine business?? I asked.?Only the last few years, actually,? came the muffled.