“Yeah, you are.” Again, in unison.“I ... I don’t t-t-talk with Kindred in other cities ... almost ever. We keep to ourselves, usually. What we...re they like? In T-T-Tijuana.”“Brutal,” Art said, “nothing like how Avery said Dolareido is. Much as shit ended badly last time she was here, she had nothing but good things to say about the Kindred situation. Other than the Prince messing with the Gauntlet.”“D-Does her messing with the Gauntlet make her your enemy?” She had to talk to Antoinette about. Petersburg.As usual, we dropped off over at the doughnut shop on fourth street and talked for a while. She had a few brochures in her purse from the Ford Edison museum and looked at them through those nice silver half rounds."Are these doing anything for you, Raymond?"I have to admit, I am surprised by the question and pleased she thinks about me and what I like. "You look quite hot Andrea, really. The way the light sparkles in them as they lay across those sexy boobs or when you wear them, I. What do you say, Jack?”“I entirely agree, Fred.”“Getting back to the state of affairs between Pondicherry and Madras,” he said as he refilled my glass. “The problem is the stiff-necked pride of the French governor, Jean-Paul Lavessoir. He knows that we, that is John Company, could annex Pondicherry in an afternoon, and have done so each time Britain and France were at war in Europe. He vents his chagrin by obfuscation and delay in replying to any messages I send him. For the life of me, I. Let someone who actually likes it take it home with them. Anyway, the ribs are terrific, but I’m surprised you didn’t use the smoker.”“You have a smoker?”“Right next to the grill.”Luke tried to picture it, but realized that the only time he’d stood near the grill, the entirety of his attention had been focused on maintaining an illusion of unencumbered bonhomie with Bill. “I guess I missed it.”Kathryn studied his expression, then leaned back and nodded, as if she’d guessed exactly what he was.