I saw Poppa motion me to the counter. ‘Well, you guys keep it quiet. Us businessmen like a quiet town,’ I said as I limped to the counter. As I pa...id the bill, I heard Ruth’s version of how I got shot. ‘He was backing up a rookie cop on New Year’s eve. He shouldn’t have been there, homicide detectives don’t back up bar fight calls. Anyway the rookie walked in on a drunk with a 9mil. The kid was about to shoot the drunk, when Johnny walks up and takes the gun away from the kid. The 9mil went off. ”Ami dude o thute mridu kamrate kamrate aro jore chudte thaklam.Ruma amake bollo,”Amar dui gale duto kamor den”Ami bollam,”Lokkhiti,gale dag pore jabe,tumar lagbe to!”She bollo,”Ami shetai chai”Ami tai korlam.she amar thut chushte laglo.Ekshomoy she probolvabe kumor dulate dulate tar jounoroshe amar dhonta vashiye dilo.Stimito hoye elo tar chofotani.Ami tar hatu duto vaj kore take chudte thaklam.Erpor aste aste tar paduto amar kadhe tule koyekta dhakka ditei bollo lagche.Ami ager moto. It was pretty sad. Jeff is a very good looking guy and is always the life of the party. His wife was a nut case who didn’t want to be married because she said it made her feel old. Anyway Jeff would come to town and stay with us. He and my husband Ray would hang out and Jeff would try to see his ex. One weekend while he was in town they decided to go to a local club and have a few beers. I asked if I could go along. They quickly agreed. The club was busy with the early crowd when we got there. "Wait, before I do it, I'd like to know how much I'm getting for this."Tyrone had been watching from the corner of the room smoking a cigar. He stepped forward and said, "This job pays $500." That's it," she said. She had been starting to untie her top, but quit when he told her how much."That's it," he said puffing away on the cigar. "Nudes aren't worth that much unless we bring in a male model. Then it would be $1200."$1200, that would pay off her rent and a good part of her credit card. "I.