The girls were no trouble at all. The drugs we gave them kept them very calm and quiet. The pig landed his plane not far from our little place in the ...esert, and I took the girls out to him. He paid very promptly and he gave me five hundred extra. For me, he said, but I split it with The Rooster. I tell you that, so you do not think I was cheating you." Good, Pepe, very good. But we do not have two hundred fifty any more. The Rooster ... perhaps he liked the young blonde girl too much. I got a. "I was going to tell you not to bother but you hung up on me. I called the Doctor to chew her a new asshole, but she convinced me to listen to you for five minutes, starting now." Mr. B, you're smart enough to realize that you've let yourself go to pot since your wife died and you stopped your treatments. At this rate, you'll be dead long before your time. I'm sorry for your loss, but I doubt your wife would have wanted that. If you'll agree to one injection, you'll either feel much better and. "And who'd've thought? I mean, we were right there on the main drag in Galveston. Twenty yards from a club with a huge crowd all over the place." Didn't think it was legal to carry where they served alcohol." Isn't," I answered. "We were just walking past the place on the way back to the hotel." Oh, I see." The dude pulled a knife. There were two of 'em against me and Jo. And they thought we were unarmed. I would've fought, but..." Yeah, I know," he said. "You ain't supposed to LET it be a fair. "Spike," he introduced himself. "How're y'doing?" Bob," Bob replied taking the proffered hand. Spike shook it in a complicated series of grip changes that looked like something from an American movie, but he did it naturally without making Bob feel awkward.Spike led out with a volley of skilful small talk; he was engaging without being nosey or creepy. It was his first day in Coffs after driving in from Port Macquarie. He was on a twelve-month surf-safari around Australia and planned to stay.