I leaned against the wall and waited until they hurried around the corner after me. I hammered the bigger guy down before they had a chance to realize...how bad they’d fucked up. I caught the smaller one and threw him against the wall, the back of his head ringing off the tile. A badly sharpened toothbrush handle clattered to the floor.I hefted him up the wall a bit. “Problem with some people is that they have no survival instinct, no sense of self-preservation, ya know? I blame streetlights. All. He hung around after you were nearly nailed?’ ‘He decided to wait with me. He was staying late anyway.’ ‘Not too late. I saw him walk toward the subway after we pulled away.’ ‘Must’ve been intimidated by your RV and left before the rest of the army showed.’ ‘What? This? It’s a company car.’ ‘Generous Company,’ Moira commented, emphasizing the C. I had told her about what my uncle ‘did’ a few months after we met, a week after I had figured it out. ‘That they are,’ I said. ‘Company car. Company. After seven years of marriage this was the first man in many years that I had danced with like this other then my husband. Then the music stopped and the bands said good night and have a safe trip home. I walked back to the table thinking what a great night I had just had. Then Joe grabs my arm and says that a few people were going out for breakfast if I would like to join them, like an old married fool I said I wasn't hungry. But then he said well then lets just go for a ride or sit out side. Then something else hammered into the back of his thigh and he went down and stayed there.Barry barely even registered the fact that Mike was down. All he saw was red, and in the middle of it was Tina. Even raping her was an afterthought now. All he wanted to do now was slap the shit out of her. Get the stupid bitch on her fucking knees and show her her place in life. Ed was back on his feet too, and raving mad, blood streaming down his face from his broken nose. This little cunt was going to.