“Yes….Helena and Sam are coming and Sam is going to make spaghetti.  I love her spaghetti, it’s been so long!  Alice and Dana will be here as well as Shane and Carmen.  I already feel like a third wheel in my own house!”

“I’m glad everybody will be here to keep an eye on you….just make sure you keep an eye on Alice.  I don’t want her to drag Dana in here and soil our bed.  She would do it just to fuck with me!”

Tina laughs as she rolls over to get out of bed. 

“Babe, help me out of bed….I need to get up and feed my ‘other’ hunger.  You want to order us some Chinese?”

“Sounds like a plan, baby…whatever you want.”

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“So you remember the plan, right?  Your guy knows what to do? No mistakes?”

Amy is quickly growing tired of Denbo and her inability to accept Amy’s answer to this question.  For the fourth time.

“Yes, I said….how many fucking times do I have to tell you that?  My guy will be parked 2 blocks from the gallery….it’s the only route she can take to get home from the CAC.  When he sees her drive around the corner, he’ll put her in the trees.  Done deal.  Jodie says that Tina won’t be attending the opening, so she’ll be alone.”

“Good….this plan has to work.  Bette hardly leaves her side…and once the babies are born, she’ll be even harder to get by herself.  We can’t hurt the twins….Tina needs her family.  She just doesn’t need Porter.”

Amy inwardly rolls her eyes….she’s heard this rant a thousand times.  If being the exclusive dealer of all things mind altering at She-Bar wasn’t such a lucrative deal, she’d get this nutbar a straight jacket.  As it is….she’s looking to make a shit load of cash.  Add that to her cut for finding the wheel man to put Porter out of Denbo’s misery and she’s accumulating quite the bank account.

“I know, Dawn…tomorrow night the world will have one less Porter.”

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The newly installed video surveillance system watches the crowd as they mingle.  This is the first event that will have taken place since it was put in place.  The CAC is growing in stature and reputation.  As such, safety is important.  Not just for the art that is housed there but for the patrons who visit as well.