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"Do you kno many people died at the Ritz yesterday?" I ask

"I didn’t keep track," she says, and then, "Don’t be so corny"

"That was Bertrand," Bobby says to no one in particular "I’ve gotta split"

"You look freaked," Jamie says slowly "What happened?"

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"You brute" She grins "You savage"

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"Stop gawking," he says irritably "I’ll be back at the house by eleven Maybe sooner"

On his way out Bobby stops behind Ta rapturously to a drug dealer called the Kaiser, and Bobby , Watch her Ja

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"What?" I ask "You’re all grown up now?"