Love Bites
In his eighteen-hundred dollar suit and his four-hundred dollar ten-gallon hat and his sixteen-hundred dollar alligator boots and his two-hundred dollar Italian silk tie and his twenty-four-thousand dollar wristwatch and his ten-thousand dollar diamond pinkie ring, Lester was tall and handsome and confident as he entered the hotel bar. Oslo was a long way from Dallas, but these Norwegians were downright civilized. Why, most of them even spoke decent English. Three days of negotiations had been tough but successful. He was ready to fly back home to his wife and kids with a lucrative contract in hand, but tonight he wanted to celebrate.
Of all the beautiful women he had seen since he arrived, none were more beautiful than the two sitting at the bar right then. Young and tall an
