"Seb? Hello, Sebastian?" Agnes, his half-sister, called on his cellphone. Sebastian drew a breath and pushed the 'end' button. He blocked 'Aggie.' She was nagging about the scanning machine and about the fact that Devlin Tzevaot had got married already! He drew deep on the cigarette before he flicked the ash. The cellphone rang again. His father was calling! "Hello?" Sebastian answered reluctantly. "Sebastian, I am calling you for the last time! You will go at the pit!" "Okay, okay! I'll go there but I have to do some things first!" Sebastian replied with bravado. "What things?" "I have to sell something! You need funds? I have funds!" "Okay! You have one day!" The line went dead abruptly. He drew again from the cigarette. The taste had gone bitter. He flipped the half stub away

