31The morning of the audition, I awoke remarkably clear-headed. I knew things were going well when I scored 16 points in 21. Hugo looked at me in surprise, even awe as I sunk six baskets in a row from all angles. Normally, I could hit from the free throw line and from the right side. On the left I was hopeless. I don't know why.
“What is going on with you?” Hugo asked me. “You must have had good s*x last night, huh?”
I shrugged, trying to make a joke of it. “I wish.”
“Ah, come on. A young fellow like you. The s*x should always be good.”
“I suppose so.”
Hugo tossed the ball up in the air a few times, then over to me. “Let's go again. See what you can do.”
The second game I went a point better. Hugo looked even more surprised, almost stunned as we went neck and neck. At one point, we w
