.. a rare combination. He'd pulled it off and Arlene had taken care of the other gangster. Just what might have happened if we hadn't managed to decoy...off Darren and several of his other gang members, might not have been as pretty, but Gabe was rather confidently insistent that Lupe nearly always did the real dirty work, the killings and the cleanup afterwards, if necessary. Darren was too big of a crime boss and smart to ever do his own wet work or get caught pulling the trigger himself,. Go, go.”“Where are your lips,” I said.“My lips?” she answered in a tone of surprise. “They are here.”“Oh, I remember this, Ollie. No need for the funny voices. You’ve got it wrong anyway. Two women.”“Yeah?”“Yeah. More.”I knew how to do it all right, for Dainty had shown me, once. Kissing Maud, however, was not like kissing her. It was like kissing the darkness. As if the darkness had life, had a shape, had taste, was warm and glib. Her mouth was still, at first. Then it moved against mine. Then. . and being lonely. I was amazed at how similar the story of her marriage was to those of her friends. Why any red-blooded male would leave these four women to their own devices and not at least attempt to keep them well-fucked was beyond me.It was early in the afternoon when Martha turned to me and asked, "Tom, do you think I'm attractive." Well, no, ma'am. You're way to pretty to just be attractive. You're... well, you're sexy and beautiful and very desirable."She smiled and asked. ’ ‘Best be glad I didn’t come up in here during the day … I’d see how bad you is at investing in property.’ Cesar navigated through the narrow gaps of the prefabs, pulling the low slung lowrider up near one of them towards the back. The quiet that came as he turned off the car was startling, especially considering that no sounds of the street came to replace it. Carl got out, noticing first the silence. The smell in the air, that of pine reminded him of air freshener, but this was real pine.