Unfortunately Ididn't have much time to think about it before I was out.Chapter 2 - Becoming HaieyI was not sure how long I was out. When I awoke I wa... in what lookedlike a hospital room, except there wasn't a window. I felt extremelyweak and my body felt all wrong in all the wrong places. There wasweight on my chest that was not there before. I tried to sit up andfelt a large about of movement in my chest. I reached my right hand tomy chest and felt a large squishy mass on my chest. I knew. " I was humiliated," she went on. "Then I missed my period. I was pregnant with Phil. I dropped out of Uni, got casual work. My parents helped. A lot. They supported me emotionally, babysat so I could work, let me live at home. Then ... they were in a pile-up on the motorway. Phil was three years old, I was on my own. The house was mine, and some insurance, so we weren't destitute." I'm amazed," I said.She just looked at me, puzzled."I'm amazed," I said again, and took her hand in mine. "You've. And of course we drove to LasVegas. My turn. I went to April 1st and watched the High Roller pit. There was a girl there who looked a lot like June.She didn't play, she just watched from the rail above the pit. I noted the time on the Casino wall and the time of every roll of the little marble ... this table had a minimum bet of a thousand dollars and two double zero slots on the wheel. Double zero paid 35 to one if you bet on it.There seemed to be an inordinate number of falls on double zero.. “What the fuck”, and she started laughing hysterically. “Ok, your bet is taken but if you lose, you’ll have to lick my ass for ten minutes”, She said it in a voice that I understood that she was too sure of herself. I thought for a moment that I was going to lose, she was a pro in bicycling and I was just an amateur who has been fond of biking for years, she has been trained in it and I haven’t, so I stopped smiling and prepared to lose.We stopped our bikes for a few seconds, leveled them and.