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‘Anye ordered our drinks Apparently, as unfolding on the stage was the last segina with ping-pong balls She then shot the was the elderly couple took a few in the chest and head and did not even flinch or duck as the balls hit them No one clapped when it was over It was all very odd’

Billie scrapes her spoon on the bowl, licks the spoon and waves it around

‘She had straight, long hair, a cute little arse and a tattoo around her belly button which I really liked, but believeshe communicated was boredom I actually can’t remember when I have seen soroup of noisy Aussie surfer boy types walked in As they took their places a e The girl sat behind it, inserted a straw into her fanny, and blew out the six candles on it while the Aussie boys cheered her on histles’

Billie pulls a cigarette out of a box, lights it, and takes a full drag

‘Then she walked off and another girl walked on This one, who looked pretty siyrated a few seconds around a e, suddenly opened her legs, and fkit—they screamed and howled—but I was totally horrified’

She shudders with the erbils That’slooked drenched and confused It tried to run off, but the ht the birthday cake came out from behind the curtains, picked it off by its tail, and walked off with it That put erbil le escapes me ‘What happened then?’

‘Then she played a recorder with her puy, which I have to admit was pretty damn impressive And after that the way she then opened the beer bottle was fking freaky She simply squatted down over it, and popped its top off in seconds By the ti to get downright rowdy, the single erly, and I had started to feel icky about o there I felt really sorry for those woarette and scratches her leg where a ht before

‘It’s worse than being a prostitute At least prostitutes suffer their degradations in private But these poor wouess mentally each one had switched off, and taken her mind to a different place

‘At that point I shot a look at Brian and he had an expression of pity on his face So we left But not before we had a ly pills and her walrus-faced helper They had added all these extras on and inflated the bill by about ten times Brian refused to pay and told them to call the police That stopped the what to say

‘I thought it was going to be fun and cool, but no one I saas doing it for fun Now I’m just sorry I ever went I can’t un-see it, and I feel like I’ve stolen a part of their pitiful souls In the taxi later, Brian told et paid hardly anything, and souess we never realize how privileged and lucky we are until we see what soined it to be like soo up to her and take her hand ‘I’lad you didn’t enjoy it Every day we learn soht be the perfect ti up the baby clothes business,’ she announces

‘Why?’ I ask, surprised

She lifts one shoulder in a shrug

‘I thought you loved designing And you are so awesohs ‘Well, I spoke to that accountant Blake sent ies A: I ner gear in rich people’s shops, or B: I reduce the quality so they can bethem to ordinary people Both options are almost equally repulsive to me’