“Myrtle, do you think you could find that out,” she went on. “I’m sure your friendly doorman will know if you flutter your eyelashes at him.�...�Myrtle grinned. “Of course, Milady!”Hermione and Susan went back to their suite where Hermione checked that Jake had left his revolver behind. That gave them two guns, Jake’s .38 and her Derringer.A few minutes later Myrtle joined them. “Ooh, that doorman is worse than an octopus!” she exclaimed, fanning her somewhat pink face.“So what did you find out?”. We'll have a date." Well, coffee anyhow," I said."A date," Timmy said. "Complete with a goodnight kiss and everything."I swallowed hard. "Okay," I said.He smiled at me. "If you want," he said. "The goodnight kiss doesn'thave to be on the lips."* *I swung by Timmy's house about 6 p.m. on Saturday. I wanted him to comeout to the truck. He didn't, so I slowly walked to the front porch ofhis modest home across from Highway 431. I knocked on the door.I was scared. And nervous and curious and excited. " Yeah, I think they wore off of me." Ditto." Really? That's great!"I didn't want to burst his bubble by saying that I actually felt worse,so I just gave him a smile. He then left and I resumed laying in bedand listening to music.After a while, I came up with something that bugged me. Why had bothmine and Billy's effects worn off at the same time? His had been on himfor longer, so shouldn't his have worn off first. I eventually decidedthat maybe it was just that different brains had the effects. I called ... and actually spoke to the man, "Mr. Buffat ... I have a million dollars I'd like to invest in you." David Austin, sir." I'm 14." Kentucky Derby, sir." Last year ... Superfecta ... with the time." No sir ... my grandmother placed the bet for me." My life's savings. One hundred dollars." I split 31 million with my grandmother."I started laughing ... when I quit I told him I'd rather bet on him than something as chancy as a horse race. He said he appreciated that ... and did I know.