One Night Only (82 page)

“I’l
l
drin
k
t
o
that!
”
sai
d
Gina
.

“
Y
ou’r
e
o
n
th
e
wate
r
fo
r
a
while!
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“No
w
,
let
’
s
ge
t
th
e
floc
k
ou
t
o
f
here.
”

Th
e
girl
s
didn
’
t
hav
e
a
clu
e
wher
e
t
o
g
o
nex
t
bu
t
they kne
w
on
e
thin
g
wa
s
fo
r
sur
e
–
the
y
ha
d
mone
y
an
d
they wante
d
t
o
spen
d
it
.
W
it
h
th
e
evenin
g
wearin
g
i
n
an
d
the
T
o
p
O’Th
e
Roa
d
exhausted
,
the
y
decide
d
i
t
wa
s
tim
e
to b
e
sensibl
e
an
d
soa
k
u
p
som
e
o
f
th
e
alcoho
l
fro
m
earl
y
in th
e
da
y
wit
h
a
slap-u
p
meal
.

“
I
fanc
y
Chinese,
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“Mmm
,
I’
d
lov
e
a
bi
g
dirty
chicke
n
dis
h
an
d
ric
e
an
d
noodle
s
an
d
praw
n
crackers!
”

“Oh
,
m
y
mout
h
i
s
watering
!
Bu
t
what
’
s
th
e
chance
s
of gettin
g
a
Chines
e
restauran
t
i
n
thi
s
place
?
I
thin
k
tha
t
wee
pub
,
th
e
sho
p
an
d
Gina
’
s
den-of-iniquit
y
hote
l
ar
e
th
e
only
establishment
s
around,
”
sai
d
Poll
y
.
“Mayb
e
w
e
shoul
d
h
ave
bough
t
a
map?
”

“
A
map?
”
sai
d
Ruth
.
“
A
map
?
Wh
o
o
n
eart
h
use
s
a
ma
p
thes
e
days
?
W
e
hav
e
smartphone
s
t
o
hel
p
u
s
get
aroun
d
an
d
w
e
als
o
hav
e
Larr
y
th
e
tax
i
drive
r
t
o
cal
l
on.
Let
’
s
ge
t
hi
m
t
o
pic
k
u
s
u
p
an
d
tak
e
u
s
t
o
th
e
nearest
Chines
e
restaurant
.
I
t
can
’
t
b
e
tha
t
fa
r
awa
y
.
”

Larr
y
th
e
Leprechau
n
taxi-ma
n
arrive
d
withi
n
minutes an
d
seeme
d
ver
y
gla
d
t
o
se
e
a
bi
t
o
f
glamou
r
again
.

“
I
hea
r
on
e
o
f
yo
u
wen
t
missing,
”
h
e
said
,
befor
e
they
eve
n
ha
d
thei
r
sea
t
belt
s
on
.
“Gosh
,
di
d
I
laug
h
m
y
socks
of
f
whe
n
I
hear
d
that
!
I
mean
,
ho
w
o
n
eart
h
woul
d
you
ge
t
los
t
aroun
d
here
?
It
’
s
hardl
y
Dubli
n
City!
”

Gin
a
chewe
d
o
n
he
r
lip
.
Sh
e
ha
d
t
o
se
e
th
e
funn
y
side.
“An
d
ho
w
o
n
eart
h
di
d
yo
u
hea
r
that?
”
aske
d
T
ess
.

“Do
yo
u
know
how
man
y
time
s
w
e
wen
t
to
th
e
loo,
too?
”

“
I
couldn
’
t
tel
l
yo
u
exactl
y
,
”
sai
d
Larr
y
,
“bu
t
wor
d
gets
aroun
d
her
e
ver
y
quickl
y
.
I
tol
d
yo
u
th
e
me
n
roun
d
here rarel
y
se
e
a
good-lookin
g
woma
n
an
d
whe
n
thre
e
o
r
four tur
n
u
p
a
t
th
e
on
e
time
,
i
t
doesn
’
t
tak
e
lon
g
fo
r
th
e
word t
o
spread
.
I
hea
r
th
e
T
o
p
O’Th
e
Roa
d
wa
s
packe
d
earlie
r
.
It
’
s
no
t
normall
y
lik
e
tha
t
o
f
a
Saturda
y
,
yo
u
kno
w
.
”

H
e
drov
e
along
,
chucklin
g
t
o
himsel
f
an
d
singin
g
along t
o
Danie
l
O’Donnel
l
o
n
th
e
radio
.

“So
,
wher
e
di
d
yo
u
fin
d
you
r
missin
g
one?
”
h
e
asked
eventuall
y
.
Th
e
event
s
o
f
th
e
da
y
wer
e
beginnin
g
t
o
take
their
toll
on
his
passengers
and
they
were
being
unusually
quiet
.