?Hmmph,? his wife said, her arms crossed under her breasts, still not sure whether to believe him or not.Her friend, Sophie, had provided her with the...powerful drug intended to kill her husband, as well as the most effective dosage. For years Sophie had had a crush on her, but Wendy didn’t swing that way, not for the most part, anyway. Still, Sophie was just as glad to see Michael out of the way. She didn’t think Michael was nearly the man that Wendy deserved—in fact, neither one of them hardly. ”“Okay,” said her brother, “but I can think of one way you’d be a lot happier, and it kind of requires a member of the opposite sex.” The right side of his face smiled. It looked ghastly, because the left side stayed rigidly calm.“The last place in the world I need to get information like that from is my baby brother,” she said.“I’m not so sure about that,” he said. “I lost my virginity in high school, and then when I joined the Army ... well all that stuff they say about women liking a man in. He’s an Irishman with teutonic looks. Tall, lean, blond-haired and blue-eyed. He was the captain of the Football team and also the Vice President of the Men in Engineering Club. When he learned that I wouldn’t be heading to Boston College, he was thrilled. I spent the past four years outperforming him at everything he ever tried. He’s downright pathetic, really. I shine everywhere I go. I don’t need money or popularity. At least not to the extent that other people need them. Absolute. " "You will not pick customers, they will be assigned by my host." "Big, little, old or young you will treat them all the same." All negations will be handled by the host or bartender so you do not handle cash at any time. The standard split is 40% for you 60% for the house until you exceed ten tricks at which time it becomes 50-50." If you can do fifteen tricks in a night, that one is 100% yours as a bonus, same goes for number twenty. Prices are set by the house, there is no bargaining.".