But Little Tony drank a lot, and was hooked on pain killers big-time. Not aspirins, either. I'm talking Percs, Oxys, morphine. Big. Time. It seems his...back was fucked up, which caused constant pain. And a couple of limbs were bent. And he lost an eye, so they gave him a glass one.The thing I didn't know about glass eyes, is you don't just get one and wear it forever. They wear out. And your eye-socket changes shape, and a bunch of other shit happens that I don't know nothing about. But I know. Art McGuire!" mimicked the blonde haired boy, feigning a microphone in his hand, gesturing as if on stage before a crowd, not realizing that thousands of people were indeed listening.Art shook his head, wondering what had happened to him and why. How had they prevailed on Kathy to put on this obscene exhibition--and in front of him? It was the dope, he told himself... that damned marijuana. That's what was making his dear Kathy act like this. He had feared all along that she could be provoked. .and what a sneer!?In a no smoking restaurant, if you could imagine. "Why don't you fire her, Mr. Cistulli?"?Every waitress had asked Buddy that in the last eighteen months, and several good ones had quit over Pepper's appalling behavior.As Buddy looked on in horror, Pepper stumbled over one of her high heels and spilled some hot soup on a woman, and the customer screamed.?But, the woman's boyfriend ignored his scalded date, jumping up and taking Pepper's arm. "Are you all right?"?Buddy had to. His eyes were tame but still held a lustful glint. He took her into his arms and kissed her in the most passionate embrace she’d ever experienced. She had judged him wrong she realized. She looked into their reflection in the pool and saw his gaze meet the eyes of the servant girl assigned to serve him. She was watching from the shadows and he knew it. This was a show for that girl, not for her. She knew a future with him would never be a future for her. She broke away and ran to her room. the.