LOOK, IF YOU GO BACK and count the number of beers I’d been tossing back, and the drugs I’d been washing down with them, and the women who had been distracting me, well, let’s just say that nobody could have been expected to keep their mind straight during the course of those last few days. “You lying bastard.” I received nothing but a broad grin from Richard in response. “To think, that I went through with this charade because I felt sorry for you.” His grin widened. “You really do live in a special place, don’t you? You followed our lead this past week out of pure selfishness, hoping to earn some money and hoping to get laid. Well, you did both. You were planning to screw me over at every opportunity. So don’t start whining about who lied to who.” I would have kicked him, but blood

