She wanted the boys in the band to remember her after all. A final check in the mirror told Gina that she looked great and she was sure the band would... love her. They would soon all be her friends and love her the way she loved them. She looked forward to the evening and to being available to doing all of them, any way they wanted, anything at all that they wanted. She just hoped the party would be at a hotel this time and not on a bus where she had no way back if they took off like last time.. Do anything for anyone. That’s why we voted him chair. We actually ... Never mind. It’s Jem you want to watch out for, though. He’s a laugh a minute, but he’ll get you into all sorts of trouble if you let him.”“I’m on the same floor as Jem. We were just having a meeting in the kitchen when you called.”“Oh, right, sorry. Hey, you’ll never guess which flat I’m in?”“I don’t know! Number five?”“No! I mean, this is the same flat that Chloe Goodman’s boyfriend stayed in during his first year! I’m in. So, once he has built his lodge, we will most likely divorce. If not, we’ll live apart: I, with Erika, in my hotel! He with his hunting- and drinking-mates, up the valley!”Christine burst into laughter, “Just imagine, Ben, with Gerd out of the way, what fun we could have! We would then lure you back to Gastein with our sexiest emails! Just imagine us three, with my hotel our playpen! You would come, wouldn’t you?”However tempting, Ben immediately sensed danger in locking himself and his future. You're off the hook, for now..."Nate's mother was in rare form when they showed up: "Huh! I figgered you wasn't comin'. I'm goin' NUTS in this fuckin' place!" Sorry, Mama -- I had to work." You WHAT? Since fuckin' when?" Since 'bout four o'clock. Got a job in a warehouse, loadin' and unloadin'." It fuckin' pay anythin'? This place is gonna be expensive..."Nate shrugged. "Twelve-fifty. Don' worry 'bout this -- you're insured, since Nora's Pa decided you was." I wonder what the fuck THAT is gonna.