EighteenThe following February, Studio 4 Granada Studios, Manchester
No, the old Charlie, my Charlie, still lurks inside and it will be the old Charlie that will let you down. And then you are mine and the fiery pits await you.
'IT'S CHARLIE, ISN'T IT? I'M GERIKO, Geriko Vorpalstone, the floor manager, I sort of run things around here' he said, holding out his hand. ' And this is Poppy, my assistant. She's from Liverpool,' he added, as if that was of great significance and then proceeded to ignore her. Geriko Vorpalstone was a thin, harassed looking man in his early thirties, prematurely balding, wearing artfully faded jeans, tan loafers without socks and an open neck flowered shirt worn over his jeans and sported a thick gold chain around his neck and another around his wrist.
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