So if they tried to repulse the ball out of our target pocket, I'd damned well push it in and hold it there. Likewise if they tried to attract it into...the wrong pocket, I'd make sure it appeared to bounce out, even if it took me a hell of a lot of NP to do it. They could hardly complain about their cheating equipment failing. The other cheating method that seemed plausible was a needle sticking up to block access to the pocket we were betting on. I'd use an NP-fingertip to check the pocket was. " Mark studied the look on Rachel's face and added, "Come off it, Cole is a big boy now. He's interested in girls, and it's about time he was permitted to act on it, at least as much as he can under the circumstances." I don't mind if he's interested in girls, so long as it isn't that girl." Rachel, what is it about Wendy that has you all upset? She's a nice nerdish young lady that seems to be interested in Cole. Look, Cole is interested in something new." Yes, but why is she interested in my. The candlelight flickered on her skin. When she moved quickly I almost saw ghost images following her. At some point I made up a little haiku about her house and its atmosphere. I did it off the top of my head. Haikus are so easy. All you have to do is count the syllables, and it impresses people. It impressed her, but she snapped back with a naughty limerick. ‘Whoa! Poetic one-upwomanship.’ I almost went with something from Andrew Marvel’s ‘To His Coy Mistress,’ but I couldn’t remember. I think we may well be able to lead him away from the most obvious answer, thus protecting Hawk’s identity.”Dan watched Benji walk toward a shuttle bus. Satisfied Benji was going to be all right Dan returned to the tribal offices. When he walked in, Deputy Somoza said, “I was wondering what happened to you?”“We had a third person waiting in the car, as we weren’t expecting problems. Rather than leaving him just sitting there I sent him up to the casino resort.”The lawman nodded in.