They used condoms, didn’t want to pick up any Spic diseases.”Walker swallowed.“We learned, they talked openly in front of us, that we were headi...ng to Kansas City. I knew vaguely where it was. Tom, that was the mean one. And Bub. The dumb one.”Lina paused to pour us some more beer.Pilar patted Walker’s hand, “They checked to make sure I was still a virgin. Then they left me alone. Worth more.”Walker swallowed again.Lina said, “They were going to give us to a pimp. Two separate pimps. To pay off. We had to sign acontract which would be sent overnight mail and we had a short timeperiod to make this work it sounded.I didn't leave the house today watching the re-runs of this realityshow. All looked fun and easy. Not sure where they came up with doingthis girly show or contest, but I was nervous about doing it. But Iwanted to win a million dollars, who wouldn't dress up like a girl towin that? It's like Halloween, just a costume contest, I kept tellingmyself.Mary came over at 3pm and we. ”I had to stay awake.In a mirage, I fell to the side of Chelsea, my breathing slowed.“I wish we could do this every night daddy, I wish I could marry you and me and mommy would share you.”She rolled onto her side and grabbed me in her arms and squeezed as tightly as she could.No, this was a dream. I had to wake up. Wake up.Chelsea was gone. Splashing water echoed down the hall as random waves of it pounded into the bathtub floor.The knot on my left arm was loosening. Had Chelsea fumbled. I wasn’t ready for that kind of involvement.I knew for sure, that I would have been calling her every time I got bored. I mean hell, we both spoke cop, so it would be easy for any relationship to get way the hell out of hand. Two bored and lonely people falling into deep shit happened all the time.What I really wanted to do was ask Ray if he had spoken to Joey. I knew how I would have felt if someone asked me that when I was working a case. So I didn’t. I knew that even though we all were.