But that was to come later.George and I, along with Joney and George's wife, Tina sat down anddiscussed this ambitious project. Tina had a small inter...or decoratingbusiness. She had some good ideas, so Joney and I hired her too. Wewanted the house basically the same, with upgraded features. Noelectricity, but I wanted George to install propane light fixtures and apropane chandelier in the dining area. Actually, we need to have someelectricity to the house. We needed to install it in only one. It was around the 15th or 16th or 17th or 100th time she'd sat on this wall at the same time every Saturday morning - 2 am. She was growing sick of tired of the same repetition - intoxication, flirtation, a fake smile enough to get fucked very quickly and then back to the dancefloor.The difference this time was that Mary was feeling melancholy. She sat there smoking a cool cigarette staring at the crowds of people, feeling excluded despite engaging on the same level of hedonism as they, it was. I told him, “I don’t think we need to sweat this as much as we thought Sam. I should be able to give you enough lead time to make sure our dealings in there are all done in calm times. It should be just like placing those bets.”“We never have to do it if you aren’t comfortable. Hell, we can wait until all the races are over and most people have gone home to cash things in if we need to. There is no time limit we need to hurry for. If you can’t place a bet in time, it’s no big deal. There will. I would have to stop and rewind it to catch the next bit.”“That’s very kind of you. He was as scared as he looked during anything musical. Ryan and he became lifetime friends during that show.”Jennifer came up behind me.“Is this your wife?” Drew asked looking her over.“Yes, I’m Jennifer Thomas,” she said putting out her hand, which he took and kissed.“Careful there Mr. Carey ... I know of your wife, and son.”“You seem to have hit the jackpot, Michael. All that talent and a beautiful woman by.