"I loveyou."Frankie held her tightly. "Oh, Helen. I love you too. I can't believe howmuch fun I am having with all this. I don't think I have ever bee... thishappy before.Helen touched him everywhere. She kissed his neck and whispered in his earjust how lovely he looked and how happy she was that Frankie was hers tolove. She caressed his leg and hip and told him that she wanted to makelove to him now.She unzipped the dress and Frankie carefully hung it up. Then he turned,standing there in his. Why do I feel so obsessed with perfecting my boy act all of a sudden? I should be sitting in my office trying to break the code of Simon’s little game or tracking down Brenda. Instead, I’m getting lectured by Stevie on stippling my five o’clock shadow, fastening my hair on, and walking like a man.When Stevie was finished, I looked incredible. I couldn’t even recognize myself. She instructed me to leave the makeup and hair on again tonight and then bring it back to perfection in the morning.. The driver said (over the roar of the other players), ‘Do you want a lift?’ ‘Well, I think my friend must be lost. He was due to be here a while ago, but I can’t get any signal so I can’t call him to find out what’s happened.’ ‘Is that a yes?’ ‘It depends. Where are you going?’ ‘Back to the club.’ ‘Can I get reception there?’ ‘You’ll get a hell of a reception.’ He quipped. I smiled and said, ‘You know what I mean.’ ‘And you know what I mean.’ ‘OK. Will I get any signal?’ ‘Sure.’ ‘Then I’d love. "These have to be plants, if it was that easy. Now the information I get from them will always be suspect." I said."Shit, I never thought of that." he said."So who you got, and what brought them to your attention?" I asked."We got a man and a woman. She parked a car in the alley behind your building. Just like you said someone would. She hustled away and we grabbed her just before she got in a car. We got the driver as well. He had the detonator." he said."Than it's a plant. If it was real the.