Chapter 6
Cotty worked on a percentage basis, ten percent of the gross, and he was paid by Greer after every night's final show. On the opening day of their first fair date, the freak show grossed seven hundred dollars, the biggest day of the season, and Cotty walked away with seventy dollars for his day's work.
He wasn't much of a gambler, but he had a feverish need to celebrate his big day. He didn't drink, there was no chance to celebrate with Paula, and an evening spent at the movies with Debra certainly didn't appeal to him. So, his hand clamped around the wad of bills in his pocket, he ducked into the G-tent, a small tent behind the Streets of Paris girlie show. The G-tent was as simple a gambling operation as possible, holding only an ancient dice table, the green felt ripped i
