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CUNADO Arms Dealer
By Kathryn McGuire
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C H A P T E R 1
Charles glanced up and through the sun saw the chopper as he
listened to the
brawling of the cattle. The chopper landed, he dismounted and
knew his cowboy
days were over for a while. He took off his chaps and handed
the reins and chaps
to the ranch foreman. He went to the chopper and closed the
door..
The pilot Nancy, a tall thin well built redhead, shook his
hand and said,
“How’s the cowboy?”
“Its fun, you have no problems but herding them cows.”
Charles laughed and
said, “It’s a shame it won’t pay it’s on way and
without the construction company,
I couldn’t afford it. Swing by the main house, I want to
see the arena from
the air.”
“There it is, I’ll bank it and put it on your side.”
“The arena looks good, it complements the ranch house.”
Nancy
laughed and said, “Ranch house, a house with 20 bedrooms and 30
baths and indoor pool with a waterfall is hardly a ranch
house. What are you
going to hold at the arena? Why do you have so many baths and
bedrooms?”
“Rodeo’s, cattle auctions, a place to throw a party. When
I was two, I lived
with my grandparents on a farm; I went to bath room outside
and slept on the
floor on a pallet.”
“Will it have a roof?”
“It’s retractable, swing over that pasture; I want to see
my camels.”
Nancy
shook her head laughed and said, “You boys and your toys. Are you
going to enter the great camel race?”
Charles replied, “Not only will I enter, I will win. I have
a Bedouin from the
Middle East
as a jockey and trainer. You know, they really adapt to life in
Texas
.”
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Nancy
laughed and said, “Okay, I here you. But setting up a Bedouin tent on
the La Demasiado looks like something out of the Arabian
Nights.”
Charles smiled and said, “I meant the camels adapt to the
climate here.”
As the helicopter was preparing to land, Charles scanned the
skyline of
Houston
and was amazed at how it had grown. He watched with pride as
they landed
on top of his building, right under the big revolving M. As
he reached for the
chopper door, his white silk shirt sleeve rose up, exposing a
12 caret diamond
bracelet. As he extended his leg to get out, the pant leg
rose up revealing handmade
cowboy boots. And as he started to walk to the rooftop door,
his shirt
opened at the neck, and the
Texas
sun danced upon a 10 caret triangle diamond
necklace.
Charles McGuire, 6' 0" tall a lean body with no fat he
started in construction
at the age of 9 working for his daddy who owned a
construction company. He
started out flagging and worked every summer. By the time he
was 18 he was
driving a truck, moving equipment, working 20 hours a day. He
grew up in a
tough construction world. At 21 was hired as one of the
youngest superintendents
ever hired by a major corp. as asphalt superintendent.
Asphalt was one of
the hardest, dirtiest and fast thinking in the industry. He
spent ¢ of
that time
shooting asphalt on the Mexican Border. This was the hot
Texas
days when fans
in a bar were a welcome relief. He grew up toiling16 hours a
day, 4 hours drinking
and 4 sleeping. He worked for several companies and was hired
to be in
charge of all work for a corporation that had over a billion
dollars worth work at
the age of 35. He knew construction and was well respected
for his honesty,
knowledge and toughness.
He walked from the roof down the hall to his office and his
private secretary
Jennifer looked up smiled and said, “You have a party
tonight.”
Charles reading his telephone messages said, “Yes, it’s a
little scary, the first
time.”
Jennifer said, “Your best friend Richard is escorting you
and will take care of
you and lots of your other friends will be there. You and
Richard went to school
together?”
“Yes, Billy Robert and Ken we all went to school together.
Richard and I were
best buddies and I didn’t know he was gay. He went to
Vietnam
as a fighter pilot
came back to the states did some modeling and got into land
development. Is GR
in his office?”
G R, 20 years CIA. His specialty was guarding the royal
family and South
American dictator’s 6' 189 lbs good looking man, a tough
man and. loyal friend.
Charles smiled and said, “What’s been happening?”
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“You know that city inspector, on the Blount investigation.
He shot his self
dead.”
“Didn’t we buy him a rifle last deer season?”
“Yes, but he used a shotgun.”
“Thank God, we don’t need in that under tow.”
“Richard line 1.”
“Hey handsome what’s up are you ready for the party
tonight, do you have
your tux?”
Richard laughed and said, “It’s not weather I ready
it’s you are you ready to
make your straight entrance and show the straight world your
beauty?”
“Richard I am so nervous. What if I get arrested and the
children find out?”
Richard said, “They repealed that law. Kathryn a lot of the
guys you know will
be there. Nobody will bother you, nobody will know you. Trust
me they won’t
recognize Charles. Relax things will go smooth, I guarantee
it, I have to show
some property off
Galveston
tomorrow and Derek took the chopper to New
Orleans
for some oil deal, can I borrow yours? I was coming in from my ranch
flew over your La Demasiado arena yesterday and it looks
good. Those camel
jocks have turned your La Demasiado into a Bedouin camp.”
Charles laughed and said, “
Nancy
thinks it looks like something out of Arabian
nights you want her to pilot the chopper?”
“I may fly mine but I don’t want to fly yours, I will
pick you up at
8:30
and
Scott and Jack are having a party afterward if we want to
go.”
That night at the party on the out door patio a jazz band is
playing.
Frenchy a reporter for the Houston Post says, “Who is the
tall thin, auburn
haired girl dancing with Richard?”
Bystander 1, “I don’t know her, I heard her name is
Kathryn, but that is a hell
of triangle diamond around her neck and she has a set of legs
on her.”
Frenchy said, “That’s a designer gown is worth a pretty
penny.”
Bystander 2, “That diamond bracelet, almost puts your eyes
out, what the hell
is that noise? It sound like elephants
Frenchy said, “I will be right back I am going to find out
who this mystery
woman is.”
Bystander 1 said, “Wait look at that.”
The music stops, drum beats are heard, about 20 blacks show
up with spears
as an elephant blows his trunk. The warriors start dancing
and as they dance and
chant two elephants appear, the host is on one and his wife
on the other, the huge
elephants with flapping ears kneel and there riders dismount
and the crowd claps.
Frenchy said, “I have been to a lot of parties but
elephants and warriors.”
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The elephants stand on their hind legs and blow their trunks
while waving
there ears.
The host says, “The elephants have signaled for the party
to begin. Welcome
to our mansion and the elephants will be available for
rides.”
Subsequent to the ball they went to Scott and Jack’s party
and she was holding
court with several people.
“More relaxed girl at this party.” Richard laughed and
said, “You seemed a little
tense.”
“Have a drink and relax I imagine it must have been
frightful” Scott laughed
and said, “Nobody recognized you and here nobody cares how
you dress and you
know most of the guys. It may have been your first straight
ball, but not your first
gay party since you came to your first gay party two months
ago as Kathryn. We
all have known Charles for a couple years, since the first
angel party.”
Charles laughed and said, “It’s good to get the first
straight ball one over with.
I was tense and afraid but I really had a great time and I
did pass nobody read me.
I just knew some person would make a remark. You know when I
first started
going out, I would be in a motel and spend a couple hours
getting made up and
was afraid to go out, and I would lose my nerve and just walk
to the ice
machine..”
Scott offered his arm and said, “You have certainly come
along way. Take my
arm dear, I want to introduce you to some people.”
Charles laughed and said, “Lots of money people here. I
love your penthouse
the wrap around balcony is die for and on the 90th floor,
it’s like your floating up
here like some God with the city below you.”
Scott said, “Yes, people don’t equate gays with money and
there are lots of
rich gays.”
“I think most people just don’t know gays or trans people
that will change. It’s
beautiful and you two own and built the building?”
Scott said, “Sure. Jack is an architect he designed it.
It’s unique in
Houston
.
The helio port is a few steps away; just take the elevator to
the roof.”
The next day the
County
Attorney
office called M&C and wanted some
invoices on company called Blount Construction on how much
cement sand he
had bought from him. He figured they were trying to figure
out how much
cement sand they bought and how much bank sand and if they
were mixing it
and weakling the cement sand. They subpoenaed him and he
supplied the
invoices.
At the county office a meeting was going on.
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The cheap suited assistant county attorney Victor said,
“You know we’re getting
a lot of press on this Blount investigation and I want to be
better known. I
want to run for city council.”
The assistant Keefe said, “What if people find out about
your sex preference?”
Victor emitted a wicked grin and said, “That’s the beauty
of it I can get the
gay vote and the straights will think I am straight and
mister macho crime
fighter.”
Tim said, “I could use some publicity. The
County
Judge
needs to be brought
down; he only beat me by a few votes. I have the perfect plan
to tarnish Terry, if
you’re going to be a macho crime fighter; you need to stop
swishing when you
walk.”
Victor with an evil smile said, “Some of M&C
ex-employees hate McGuire
when they found out he was a transvestite plus he’s still
kicking their ass with
about 70% of the work in this area.”
“What if we discredit the toll roads that will tarnish the
Republicans as they
have taken all the credit for it? We will be the ones that
bring down the Republican
Party, in the County.” Keefe excitingly said.
“Maybe the whole state, we will be legends.” Tim with
eyes wide said, “Here is
what we do. We go after McGuire and he won’t fight too much
or we will expose
him. We will claim the cement sand was short on cement and
the weighing was
rigged like Blount was doing.”
Keefe laughed and said, “I saw McGuire last night at
Jack’s house he is getting
braver he was coming from a ball.”
Victor said, “Hell, we’ll say the whole state of
Texas
is on the take, he’s bribing
the world. We will say all the roads will fall in and the
bridges will fall out of the
sky. We get plenty of publicity, hurt the Republicans and
quietly drop the investigation.
You might even win county judge this time.”
Tim rubbing his hands together said, “Let’s drag those
unhappy ex-employees
in here and give them a script.”
At a poker game
GR said, “Man, this is some view, it seem the whole city is
at your feet.”
Ken a rich oilfield man, made his money on his own about
6'5" 240 lbs good
looking man brother in law to Charles.
Ken laughed and said, “That’s what you get when you have
the big bucks.”
Borden twins Billy and Robert, about 6'4" 200lbs, old
money, trusts, real
estate, oil. A little bit of everything, one of the world’s
richest families, both
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extremely handsome. Like G R, Ken and Charles all divorced
and children either
grown or off to college avid hunters, race horse owners and
playboy style guys.
Robert said, “Charles, it’s your deal, you look like your
mind is a million miles
away. Waitress bring this boy another scotch and give us all
another round.”
Charles with a stunned look said, “I got a subpoena, from
the county wanting
some papers. I can’t believe I had to hire a criminal
attorney his name is Joel Art.”
Billy said, “He’s new, I know his partner. Is this
serious or a fishing trip?”
Charles smiled and said, I don’t know, I think there after
Blount, I told him I
have not done anything wrong. He said the prison was full of
innocent people.
He said the press is going to do an article on it will
probably be in the back of the
paper.”
Ken said, “I need to cash out, tomorrow is a workday.”
Charles laughed and said, “Me to, I have lost $20.00 check
the back of the
paper tomorrow the Houston Post.”
Charles said, “Have you seen the news paper fucking
headlines.”
“DA probes possible fraud on projects.”
“I haven’t seen it.”
“I am standing here and there are two television stations
outside. What the
fuck is that noise? It sounds like a tape rewinding. Were
being tapped, I am going
to the office and call you on a pay phone. Hold on I have
another line.”
Richard laughed and said, “Hey outlaw, you made the paper,
have you seen
it.”
Kathryn laughed into the phone’s receiver and said, “I am
standing here in my
nightgown talking to my lawyer about the headlines.”
Richard laughed back and said, “I have to run, I just
wanted to make sure
you’re all right.”
“Thanks for checking,” Kathryn said. “I have Joel on
the other line. I’ll talk to
you later.” Kathryn pressed the phone button to switch
lines and hang up on
Richard. “OK, Joel,” she said.
“I will send our investigator out to sweep your office and
check your phone,”
Joel immediately responded.
Charles dressed, got in his car and drove to the office.
Jennifer said, “You have several calls from local TV
stations and can you
believe CNN called. It’s like reading about another
company. Joel is on line
two.”
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“How’s it going Charles? I have scheduled a news
conference for this afternoon
and all the outlets have agreed to leave you alone if I will
speak at the conference
however if anybody asks you anything ‘no comment.” Refer
them to me.
They returned from lunch and the investigator came in with a
briefcase. Inside
the briefcase was a fat, expensive and very complex-appearing
laptop computer.
The investigator started punching in numbers and then
declared that all the
phones were “clean.” There was no one listening in.
G.R. walked in, laughed and said, “You can take those toys
home. I went to
the company and got the real thing.”
Charles laughed and asked, “What’s in your briefcase?”
GR’s smile looked a bit arrogant. “I have three one for
the office, one for your
house and one for my house. You hook these puppies up to the
phone line and it
will tell us if the line is tapped. It will also tell us if
they start tapping at any time.”
“That’s why I pay you the big bucks. It’s been a rough
day and I think I’ll go
home and have a drink.”
The next morning’s headline in the Houston Chronicle
roared:
Cash, trips, sex given inspectors
By contractors, Investigator claims
Jennifer said, “It’s your brother-in-law, Ken, on line
two.”
“Cunado, what’s happening, did you see the headlines?”
Ken laughed and said, “I saw yesterday and today and the
lead stories on TV.
You bribing the whole world, even buying them there whores
for strangers, and
won’t buy your own cunado a little sex?”
Charles laughed and said, “Hell man, I don’t even buy
myself sex, must less
somebody else.”
Ken laughed and said, “The family is proud of you. We
always needed a criminal
in the family. Hey don’t forget Friday Tambourine our race
horse is running
in
Laredo
.”
“I did forget I need to get out for a couple days.”
Ken laughed and said, “Yeah, you were the lead story on all
the networks
including CNN and the newspapers for the last few days. The
family always
wanted a celebrity.”
“I think it might get worse before it gets better.”
“My chopper, has to have a checkup, can we take yours? The
twins are taking
their Lear if we want to ride with them. The twins said if
you need anything call.”
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Charles laughed and said, “Let’s take my chopper, I may
have to come back
sooner according to how this develops. I have to send it to
pickup my daughter at
college, she coming to stay at her mothers for a few days.”
“Hang tough big boy, I have another line.”
Jennifer said, “Richard line 1.”
Richard laughed and said, “Hey girl friend is there any
body you haven’t
bribed?”
Charles laughed and said, “According to the press, it
doesn’t look like it.”
Richard said, “Don’t forget I am here if you need
something. I will see you at
the races.”
“I will thanks.”
The 3rd day the headlines read
Payoffs were rampart, say former workers
The next morning
GR laughed and said, “Saw the boots you gave you’re GM.
It looked something
out of mob scene, him on TV and all covered up and voice
disguised and boots
not covered.”
Charles said “I know these people are such amateurs, I am
going to races this
long weekend.”
“How are the camel trainers?”
“Man, there about to break me, I am flying in goats and
sheep, from the middle
East.”
GR hysterically laughing said, “When I was with the company
I was in the
Middle East
and they have a different flavor. You get so horny in that desert; the
three legged camels look pretty.”
Nuevo Laredo
the
Calcutta
about 300 people are sitting around a huge patio
on a warm spring night Charles and Ken are sitting at a table
with the ladies they
brought with them.
Ken slurring his word said, “We bought our horse at
Calcutta
and if she wins
we get an extra 50 grand.”
Charles obviously drunk said, “She’ll win that’s a
first-class horse just like our
camel will win.”
Ken laughed and said, “Were gonna put the boot in those
rich Arabs ass. They
think can come to
Texas
and be triumphant in our camel race I am hungry lets
go get some Cabrito.”
They talk and eat for a while
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Ken said, “What’s that outside?”
Charles said, “Man, it’s the sun, it’s almost daylight,
we have the races at
noon
,
let’s go.”
They drop the ladies off and go to there hotel and arrive at
the track at
noon
,
hung over and in bad shape. There horse is in the third race.
They join Billy and
Robert in a box next to Richard and his friends in their box.
Robert laughed and said, “We got in a high stake poker came
till sunup Richard
you look bad.”
Richard laughed and said, “You should be on the inside
looking out we went
to a huge gay party in
Mexico
with all these Mexican drag queens.
Ken laughed and said, “Cunado, I can’t even see thru my
eyes and I am going
to a fishing tournament in
Cancun
,
my yacht is off Port I. You all want to go it’ll
be a hell of a party. Anybody want to go?”
Charles said,” I don’t fish and I have had enough
partying this week and I
called the office and I made the paper again, I am going
home. They are starting
the race.”
Billy laughed and said,” That’s an outlaw for you has to
revisit to the scene of
the crime. We might meet you down there, when we landed the
Lear broke down
and we ordered a 737 customized with 5 bedrooms with king
size beds and there
loaning us another until it’s built.”
Charles said “You’re kidding 5 bedrooms.”
Robert laughed and said, “There not that big, but it has a
nice dining room
and bar. It will be great when we go hunting or to races. The
race is fixing to
start. You working out Charles your abbes are getting big.”
Ken said, “She won, cunado, I am sure she won.”
“It’s a photo finish we have to wait for the picture.”
“There it is, second; we would have won 50g if she finished
first,”
Charles laughed and said, “That’s OK we will pick it up
on the camel race that
is big time money every entry puts up a million and winner
takes all.”
Ken laughed and said, “Yeah, the 50g would have come in
handy.”
Billy laughed and said, “That’s going to be a hell of a
race. Nobody has ever
seen anything like that before, when are ya’ll parting?”
Charles laughed and said, “Now, there is
Nancy
coming in let’s go.”
They all shook hands as Ken and Charles went to the
chopper.’
Nancy
laughs and said, “Somebody drag you cowboys behind a horse, you
two look like shit, your eyes are redder than Mars.”
Charles said, “Yeah, it’s called margaritas.”
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Nancy
laughed and said, “I am professional pilot and I figured something like
this. See that little ice chest, it’s has some bloody
Mary’s, there is glasses, salt and
limes. How did the horse do?”
Charles’s said, “Came in second, let’s drop cunado off
in Port I.”
Ken fixes the bloody Mary’s takes a drink and hands one to
Charles and said,
“The hair of the dog cunado. You two should spend the night
on the yacht and
go home in the morning”
“No, I need to get home.”
A couple hours later and a few Bloody Mary’s’ the city of
Port
Isabelle
is
ahead.
They drop Ken off and head home.
A few days later in a meeting in Joel’s office.
Joel said, “We have all employees saying we’re innocent
on video, but something
is going on, they seem to think they have an edge. The
private eye is hearing
bits and pieces but nobody is talking.”
Charles smiled and said, “I don’t know, G. R. tells me
that they told him they
just want some publicity. He was told after the publicity
they will drop investigation.”
Joel said, “What’s GR’s position?”
“He’s my sales manager an ex spook, twenty years CIA.”
Joel said, “What’s this I am hearing is about your sex
live.”
“I am a transvestite, I don’t know if they know are not.
I am taking hormones
and having electrolysis.”
“They know, they think the can use it against us.”
“If need be I come out that will stop that threat.”
“No, I will handle it. I know how you Texans.” Joel said.
“Are you carrying a
gun?”
“Sure, I have one under the seat in the car and one in my
boot.”
“Quite, carrying it, you don’t need to be arrested for
possession.”
“OK, some body was tailing me the other day.”
Feds, State join into construction fraud
GR walked in laughed and said, “Hey boss, the paper said
you said not to buy
hot dogs and beer. What nut would try to get work buying a
client a hot dog?”
“That’s what I thought, you give the people caviar and
champagne or steak
and aged whiskey.”
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GR said, “I have had someone approach me that work for the
county, he is in
on all the meetings, I can hire him as a mole. I do know
about Kathryn and it
doesn’t bother me a bit.”
“Thanks, how much will the mole cost us?”
GR said, “$2 grand a tape.”
“How can he tape it?”
“Bowel recorder, he swallows it and actives remote, then
comes out the bowel
the next morning.”
Kathryn Laughed and said, “Man, you spooks have everything;
just bring me
the tape cleaned up.”
GR said, “Why do you like to dress like a woman?”
“I really don’t know, it gives me a high, I don’t feel
like there is a woman in
me, I just like to dress up and run around and have sex with
women.”
He then left the office and went to see an old friend and ex
boss Len he walked
up to the door and two armed men were standing there.
Guard said, “Can we help you?”
Charles laughed and said, “Tell Len I am here for my
hands.”
Other guard laughed and said, “Go inMr. Charles, it’s
good to see you again.”
Charles laughed and said, “Metal detectors, what happened
to good old frisking.”
Inside the two men shook hands and Charles looked at Lens
hands and said,
“How’s my hands.”
Len 6' 2" 190 lbs black hair god looking playboy type
Len laughed and said, “Fine did you come for them.”
When Charles worked for Len he proposed to cut off Charles
hands if he stole
from him. Charles explained that was a threat and he didn’t
take threats, so he
told Len if he fucked Charles, Charles would get his hands.
When Charles left he
gave Len’s body guard a bar of soap and told him to keep
them clean he would
collect another day.
Charles laughed and said, “It will have to be another day.
I am probably being
followed and I don’t need to be stopped with a couple
bloody hands in a sack.”
“I have been following you troubles, you know I was called
before congress
who were investigating me as part of the mob. There were
never any charges but
it cost a lot of money,”
Charles laughed and said, “I remember you telling me about
it.”
“I don’t know how long this will last, but I will give
you some good advice.
Always say you’re innocent, never let anybody get you drunk
and confess.”
Charles laughed and said, “That’s easy I am.”
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Len laughed and said. “You are going to spend some lonely
time. Trust no one
but your lawyer, no one not even your wife or children, as
the will be accessories.
Don’t give out any strategy you plan. Trust only your self
and your lawyer.”
“I will I appreciate the advice,”
Len laughed and said, “It will get lonely and think you
can’t keep going on
any more but you will go on. You are tough I have seen you
under pressure, you
thrive on it. I told some friends up North, I have met few
men when the going
gets tough, the tough get going, but you do.”
Charles laughed and said, “Take care of my hands old
friend, I have to run. I
have always said balls are between your ears not your legs.
You keep this under
your hat, I am a transvestite.”
Len laughed and said, “I knew something made you tough, I
didn’t know
what it was. You’re my friend and I have no problem with
that. Take care of
yourself old comrade.”
At the office
Jennifer said, “Line 1 is Ken.”
“What’s up cunado?”
Ken laughed and said,” You can’t seem to stay out of the
media. I see the feds
are after you. Think they have this phone tapped?”
“No, I have a machine that tells me, when it’s tapped.”
“Billy called and in two weeks they are getting there new
747 and want us to
go to New Mexico elk hunting.”
“I thought they were getting a 737.”
“They were but the 47 is lots bigger and they took the top
and made a big bar.
There having a bar-b-q this weekend and wants us and GR to
come over.”
Charles said, “I have to go to New Orleans on business GR
might come.”
“Didn’t you buy a penthouse over there when you going to
take all of us over
there?”
“Maybe about 60 days when it’s remodeled I have to run
tell the twins hello.”
Charles said. “It has a wrap around balcony with a huge hot
tub. I have to run”
Jennifer said, “Richard line 3.”
“Hi, handsome how are you?”
Richard laughed and said, “Tired, how are you holding out
under this pressure?
It will be good for you to get away, why don’t you get
dressed here instead
of New Orleans and we’ll take my Lear, Derek has to go to
Florida and will drop
us off.”
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Kathryn laughed and said, “This Lear is nice, I want to get
in a business and
make a ton of money.”
Richard laughed and said, “Why, you’re already rich?”
“I have a friend Morales, he is rich, you know everybody
has a different ideal
what rich is. You take some refugee from South America making
a nickel a day
and put him working in a bodega in Brooklyn for $7.00 and
hour six days a
week, he thinks he has died and gone to heaven. I have a big
ranch, a construction
company and a chopper, but to some oil sheik I am a Texas
peasant.”
Richard laughed and said, “If you’re a Texas peasant
there is a hell of lot of
people that would like that title. What are you thinking
about getting into?”
Kathryn said, “I don’t know how this investigation is
going to turn, but I may
get Morales to teach me the arms business.”
The seat belt light came on and Richard laughed and said,
“A transvestite arms
dealer.”
Kathryn and Richard went to the Roundup a bar next door to
the penthouse.
The roundup a gay sleaze pickup bar but the owner is one
Kathryn’s best friend
an extremely wealthy gay man with cancer.
Peter said, “It looks like that Texas outlaw sneaked over
here to get out of the
media. Did you bring FBI tails with you?”
Kathryn laughed and said, “Hey guys, these people are out
to get me, trying to
put me in them jails.”
Hall laughed and gave her a hug and said, “Nobody will find
you in the quarter,
our people will keep you safe. How are you Richard?”
Richard laughed and said, “Tired trying to keep this girl
out of prison.”
Kathryn laughed and said, “I am not running from a fight, I
have never ran
from a fight in my life. I came to party for a couple days
and then going back.
Hell lets go to the bars.”
Hall said, “Everybody is worried about you let’s go bar
hopping and show