This was a frankly impossible decision for a nineteen year old kid to make on his own, but luckily he'd had the guts and the balls to pull it off. Lup... did hand him the harmlessly loaded weapon and he gambled on Kathy's life that his instincts had been right, and that she'd be unharmed. Then as a fully trusted gang member, he could use a real loaded weapon to take down Lupe rather entirely by surprise.I had to admit that the kid had taken some awfully unthinkable chances, but he'd been both. He looked at me and asked me if I liked hot tubs. "Sure." I said. He didn't see my hand under Annie's dress in the darkness and he paid more attention to his driving. I removed my hand, and looked at Annie. Her eyes were wide and she was breathing very deeply. Her slick moistness was on my fingers and I told her I'd love to look at her paintings before we hit the hot tubs. While she answered I raised my fingers to my mouth and licked her honey from my fingers. Her eyes were riveted on my lips. He gestured a gloved hand to those behind himself and Savage. ‘You will know my associates from the Fearsome Five, of course, though not all could be present. ‘Only Psimon,’ he waved to a tall gaunt figure clad in a simple cloak, with pale mauve skin and beady eyes set in a large hairless head that seemed to pulse slightly; ‘Gizmo,’ indicating a short man in a green jumpsuit covered with tools and pouches, a red beard and a hood that come down almost to his yellow goggles; ‘and Mammoth,’ he. ’ ‘I’m sorry too. It’s a hideous time to call.’ That voice! ‘I couldn’t take your call yesterday, I was busy and then it got too late to call you.’ ‘Well, Constance, thanks for getting back to me.’ ‘Fancy a drink tomorrow night, Hilary?’ It is sometimes so hard to keep enthusiasm from my voice but I hoped I managed to make it less than blindingly obvious. Friday I watched heads turn, male and female, as Constance walked imperiously into the bar. The bar at the hotel where the party had been.