Looking over his desk again from this angle I noticed the one thing that looked totally out of place in his manly office. I reached for the overly dec...rated pencil holder stuffed with pens and smiled. It was a soup can covered in orange felt, decorated with glued on beads of every color, blue rickrack, and fuzzy little pompom balls, with the words “Worlds Best Unkle” with the “K” being backwards. Again being the curious woman that I am, I tilted the can slightly to look at the bottom, hoping to. “They left only fifteen minutes ago. I watched them. As soon as I found out who my replacement was I was outside your house waiting for you to be alone. I didn’t have to wait long.”“What if I get you your job back?” I asked her, desperately. “I know the owner of the club. You were right. I have been sleeping with him. I didn’t enjoy doing it. One of the dogs hurt me badly inside. It’s going to be weeks before I can take a human cock there let alone a dog. And seven not a chance. I will even. Where I come from, that would be most indecent." This skirt goes down to my knees," gasped the girl. "I have skirts that are far shorter."The homunculi finished pouring. The tea was warm and spicy and Aaliyah savored it. "What is your brother like?"The girl snorted and then choked on her tea. "You're the one fucking him." Well, yes, but we just met." Aaliyah took another sip. Delicious. "He seems like a kind man, and loves his girlfriend very much." Girlfriend. What a strange word."I thought he. ” Paulie said.Luca felt so relieved he didn’t want to think any of his friends were involved. His mind was messing with him. He wasn’t thinking clearly. He looked back up in the direction the shot came from.“How could Sonny have gotten so close without being noticed?” he asked them.“Did Sonny say anything?” Sal cleared his throat.“There wasn’t time. He just said Barzin.”Everyone nodded and stood for a few more minutes. All of them replaying the events.“How is Kay?” Sal asked.Luca half smiled..