He sat the phone back into its cradle gently and then reached out and gripped the pool stick leaning against the wall beside him. Turning, pulling a cube of chalk out of his slacks in the process, Philo had a smile on his lips as he began chalking the end of the pool cue and glanced at the two men standing shoulder-to-shoulder on the other side of the snooker table. The room the three stood in was the large gaming room in Philo"s home. Big, spacious, filled with oversized TVs and half a dozen or so old arcade video games, along with a couple of pinball machines, plus the snooker table. On the walls were a collection of old swords and pistols. Along with full-sized framed photos of famous female movie stars who had forgotten to put on any clothes before stepping out in front of the cameras.
