He and that wife of his'rehappy to see me acting the way I've been acting. He needs strongermedicine to get his comeuppance. That's why I want to ge... Ritter tostrike to my bait, so he'll get somebody to beat the crap out ofO'Toole for me.''Only,' she sighed. 'Only, tonight, it was Clyde Ritter who was doingthe casting. I was putty in his hands, and those hands... mmm.' A smilecame unbidden to her lips, as she remembered. Her body remembered,too. Her breasts were warm, tingling. Her. Well I dont……….. Traci began, and then thought what the hell talking to this man would beat watching television. Sure, that would be nice. The man sat down across from her, and didnt say anything until the waitress took the plate away, and made her way to the bar for the round of drinks he had ordered. You live here in the city? He asked. Yes, as a matter of fact just a few miles from here. My husband and I have a house in the Erick Section. And do you eat here often? First time, but it was. So I park where I have a good view of the parking lot and sit for a few minutes. A man comes out of the men's room and gets in the car and sits, but then a woman comes out of the women's room and joins him in the car. They drive off. Now's the time to get settled inside. I go into the men's room. It's got two doors to get inside. Great, the first door squeaks a bit when it's opened. At least that provides a few seconds warning before someone can come in -- just in case some action gets started.. “Was it worth all of the sacrifices you had to make?”“And he’d look off into the distance, with a slight smile on his face and a gleam in his eye. “Yeah!” he’d finally say, with a tone in his voice that implied that the jury was still out. “But I didn’t have much of a choice. It was all I had.”And I realized two things at that moment. One was that at least he had his running. All I had was Bobby, I had literally nothing for myself. The second thing I realized was that an entire line of cars.