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you're ready for implants, just you come to me. We can arrange that without any trouble." Eddie clutched the glass of sherry that had been placed in front of him. He took a quick sip, leaving a lipstick rainbow on the glass.

Benny glowered at the woman who had spoken. "Keep ya nose out of this, Allison," he snarled. "I'll break the new stuff in any way I want. I run this joint." He waited for a challenge but none came as Allison looked back to the stage, where an impersonator, in a skimpy nightdress, was cuddling up to a giant teddy bear and was debating, much to the amusement of the audience, whether or not to strip off her panties "because it is so-o-o hot in bed!"

Benny pushed his scarred face to within an inch of Eddie's hazel eyes. "I can't stand queens," he said, blowing smoke into Eddie's face. "When they don't do as I say, I do nasty things to them. We also pay better here than in any other club on the block." He looked back at Allison and then relaxed. He put his arm about Eddie's bare shoulder. "Hey, you gotta cute act, darling. you really can spin it out. I see the old guys just hanging out when you got right down there. You sure worked them over good." He might have gone on but was interrupted by a muffled word from a waiter. Without further word, he stood up and bulled his way off toward the bar.

Allison immediately moved beside Eddie. She looked at him in- tently with her blue eyes. "Don't mind him, Roxanne," she said, put- ting her hand on Eddie's knee. "I was really interested in your act. There are so few unoperated or uninflated mimics these days that you really shocked us. Did I hear," she leaned over and breathed in his ear that you actually arrived in men's clothes?"

Eddie could feel the gentle caress of her hand, moving very slowly upwards onto his thigh. He nodded and dropped his gloved hand on top of hers, which she left in place.

"How interesting," she smiled and caressed her lips with her tongue. "And do you go out during the day like that?" she asked.

Eddie nodded again, feeling a sudden, stronger pressure on his thigh. "Oh boy," she said, huskily. "We'll have to get together real soon, Roxanne." She smiled with delight. "Do I ever have my work cut out with you!"

Continued in TVia #90