If he could get away with it, he would kill the black bastard at the other end of the phone. But at least he had won some time to think about things. ...He agreed to talk up Marc's club to Kate after Miguel sent the free three month pass. And he had agreed to suggest to Lisa that she go clubbing with Marc and other health club members that night. Matt suspected something was up, but Marc had said he would not hit on her, and what could he do anyway, say no to Marc?Finally, Marc told Matt that he. ‘Lisa, I … I don’t know how this all happened, everything was great, man… it really was.’ He takes another sip of his beer and another deep inhale already preparing the next one. Its story time, what’s story time with a cigarette or ten? ‘Well, after Vanessa left, I was devastated.’ He’s turning back the clock a few years it seems, Vanessa a love of his from when he was still in college until he left. He’s now 24 and Vanessa left when he was… 22 maybe, you can decide… he’s talking again, lets. Showtime.“What’s this?”“This is where you earn your money. Every game that Sandy Seaver pitched in so far this season. Edited to show only his time on the mound.”Pat blinked. “Oh. Sandy Seaver. That’s what this is about.” She frowned, “I haven’t heard anything about him, not even a whisper.”“I hope there’s nothing to hear. But I need to know. We need to know.”“You and Tony Gonzales?”“No, he led me to you. He’s just a ... contact.” Who’s doing my mother and any other female who’ll slow down for. .how was he going to tell him….how would Patrick take it? Starting up the car and pulling out into the dark country lane the cottage was in, he drove towards where he was staying, his mind swirling with all the various possibilities that this new development created. * In his cell the young lad lay on his bunk holding a match to the corner of a plastic telephone PIN card heating it up until it was soft enough to beat and ease into a sharp and dangerous point. He wasn’t going to take any chances.