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esticks What's wrong with him, Feeney?"

Feeney pursed his lips and studied the screen "From my view he looks like a conceited asshole"

"Yeah, but a lot of woot looks and bucks Soers on the narrow console "No complaints to the service pop out?"

"Nope His sheet there's clean, too"

"Soain an instant before she watched her aide rear back and plow a fist directly in Brent Holloway's perfect nose "Jesus Christ Jesus, did you see that?"

"Busted it," Feeney said placidly as he studied the quick gush of blood "Nice short-armed jab"

"What the hell was she thinking? What the hell's going on? Peabody, have you lost your mind?"

"Son of a bitch stuck his hand up me under the table" Flushed and furious, Peabody was on her feet, hands fisted "Bastard's talking about the new play at the Universe and he grabs et up"

"McNab, stay the hell where you are!" Eve shouted as McNab surged to his feet with murder in his eyes "Stay the hell where you are, or you're off That's an order A goddauy down"

Even as Eve was pulling the hair out of her head, Peabody hauled Holloway to his feet and hit hiold eyes were rolling back white, if Roarke hadn't stepped through the excited crowd and pulled the rubber-legged Holloway back

"Was thisyou, miss?" Coolly, Roarke hauled Holloway out of reach, kept his eyes level on Peabody's glinting ones "I'et you another drink" With one hand on Holloway, he lifted Peabody's glass with his free one, sniffed "Blitzer, virgin," he ordered and all three bartenders rushed to co Holloway to the door

"Get your fucking hands off , for Christ's sake Stupid cunt I' -- "

The ainst the side of the building Holloway's head hit the ith a sound re on the break

The gold eyes rolled back white a second time

"Let ive you a clue: This isHolloway's head against the bricks again, while, in the van, Eve could only watch and swear "Nobody paos So unless you want to try crawling with your li now and thank Jesus only your nose is broken"