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"What? Why?" he asked "I’irl to warm you up," I quipped "And now you have a thousand extra dollars to play with"

"You’re just giving this tohim on the shoulder

When I turned away toward the TV room, Whittaker followed me "Hey, you need a beer?"

I could, in fact, use a beer But I didn’t want Whittaker to get any ideas "If you’re getting one for yourself, I’d love a refill," I said,his eyes There was absolutely interest there Too bad I wasn’t big on football players And I really wasn’t big on fraternity houses This wasn’t going to turn out the way Whittaker hoped

"It’s no trouble," he said, touching ers are doing," I said, pointing into the TV roo the rooe!" he called out to some poor schmo whose lot in life was to be Whittaker’sa break"

Turning ers’ score

The TV room was pretty small -- it was more of an alcove than a room But since TV was the lifeblood of the pack of athletes who lived here, it was probably the uys in there already, and I evaluated e of sofa available between two frat guys, but I didn’t feel like ja myself between them There was a tattered footstool, but… Eew Fraternity house furniture was a dicey proposition, even when it didn’t look as if it had been recently chewed by rats

Luckily, one of the chairs had been taken by Pepe, an enormous French Canadian defensive hockey player and one of ain fuck buddies "Belluh!" he crowed in his thick French accent "Zhere is no score yet! But your Rangers look like poo poo tonight"

I walked over and sat down in his lap He stuck his big feet out onto the coffee table,both of usprobleht," I challenged him

"Noh," he said, his accent thick even on the one syllable word "I cannot take money from a friend"