And if there’s enough gold can you add black thread to the list? I need some.’ ‘Sure, I’ll let Sinead know. She’s the money keeper. Hugh and...I are the muscle.’ ‘Don’t fight Hugh, now.’ John had slight inclinations of jealousy over my other lover, whereas Hugh felt the way I did, that jealousy was as wasteful as pining for romantic love. He leaned up and grabbed me, pulling me down for another kiss before I left. A bad feeling settled in the pit of my stomach. Something bad was going to happen,. He looked at the screen. It was the hospital.“Hello,” he said. “Speaking. Yes, do you know why she fainted? She what?” his eyes bugged out and he looked at me. “When? Sometime today you think? Okay, I’ll get someone to come to talk to her.”“Did you unload Bonnie’s gun too?” he asked quietly.“Bonnie didn’t have a gun,” I said, “Only a big dildo.”“You know what I’m talking about,” he said. “The hospital said she fainted because she recently had surgery.”“Oh?” I asked “What did she have done? Did. But..."I may be a lonely lost soul Cheryl, but I'd rather that than standbeside the hypocrites that call themselves Christian." Why do you insult me Yvie? I thought we were friends. My belief and mychurch is important to me, you know that and I thought you understood andaccepted it." She looked wounded and a little sad. I felt the tears that I hadn't cried that day start. I almost bit mytongue."You know I accept who you are, what you are Yvonne because I believedyou to be a kind and decent. .. There was something interesting there when he got around to think about it... home all day... convenient as hell and just about his own age... he'd get to that in due time, but he didn't want to clog his mind with her at the moment. Later... and he left them smiling after him.Back at the plush main-house, he made himself another tall one and slumped into a chair. If only he didn't have that godamned heavy gambling debt to Bovino hanging over his head, he could concentrate all efforts on.