The line reached the door. Marvia had the price of admission in her hand but Vangie Rhee held up her camera with one hand and her press pass with the other. She was testing a new electronic camera tonight, courtesy of the San Francisco Mirror. A combination camcorder and minicomputer, it would allegedly store an image on a silicon chip instead of a piece of celluloid and display the image on a rectangular screen without benefit of chemicals.
Chuff Fernández nodded at Vangie. Vangie pointed over her shoulder at Marvia. Chuff grabbed Marvia by her biceps and propelled her inside the club. He was dark-skinned, darker even than Marvia. His shirt had a Cuban flag on it. He didn’t say a word.
At least she’d got through the metal detector with her badge in her pocket. Not enough metal in it to
