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When James finished, he waved to her Then he cleared his throat and called out, "I got a request for Charlie Parker"

She listened, took a last sip of Mr Fuzz’s wine, and realized she had to go to the bathroom

She slipped out of her chair, looked at Fuzz the Bartender, as pointing to an open door just beside the bar She slass when I come out, Mr Fuzz?"

"You sure can, Sally I’ll have it waiting"

When she ca She could hear Janized, a soft, searching song she hadn’t realized was blues

Suddenly she knew she wasn’t alone She felt so, a lot of soft breathing

The corridor was narrow There hadn’t been any other women in the bathrooht on the edge of her brain, her attention on the song Ja

But it wasn’t a wo just behind hi a needle in his hand

He took her arh She felt her skin pulling and sinking in at the increasing pressure of his fingers

With his other hand, he grabbed her jaw to hold her still He leaned over and lightly kissed her

"Hello, Sally How lovely you look, o ith the kind of drugs your body is used to I watched you drinking that dreadful stuff Why are you here? I assu a fool of himself in this backwater hole-in-the wall is Jaent you ith in The Cove? He’s not bad-looking, Sally Now I know he’s your lover A man like that wouldn’t stay with a woman unless she delivered