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<p>Chapter 11 --Backside Story--&nbsp;</p>
 
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<p> If in fact I really was dead, then I had missed the dying bit ...&nbsp; which, I thought, was not altogether a bad bargain. My only regret was I hadn't gotten around to doing much in my very short life. Had I know that I was going to check out this soon I would have burned the candle at both ends with more enthusiasm.</p>
 
 
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<p> My first impulse was to examine my hands. I have no idea why ... I just turned them…</p>
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<p>Chapter 12 --Now's The Time--&nbsp;</p>
 
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<p>&nbsp;"You said it saved your life ..." I said sticking my finger through the bullet hole in the well worn lighter.&nbsp;</p>
<p> No flint, no fluid, there was no way that Zippo should have worked. Ric had a pull on his drink, then spoke slowly as if choosing his words carefully.&nbsp;</p>
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<p> " First you should know I'm not dead ... not yet ... and neither are you, technically ... there's a few loose ends.</p>
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<p>Chapter 13 --Not One Detail--&nbsp;</p>
 
<p>&nbsp;Ginger was waiting for me by the coat room.&nbsp; She had changed from her Modern Lounge uniform, the ice blue satin, skin tight sarong, into what she had been wearing&nbsp;when she died ... a wet floral sun dress accessorized with matching wrist and ankle ligatures. Her feet were bare.&nbsp;</p>
 
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<p>Chapter 14 --Last Call--&nbsp;</p>
 
 
<p>&nbsp;The big round clock above the bar, a spectacular example of the golden age of advertising art, was a mosaic made of blue and silver mirror. Letters arrayed around the face between concentric rings of white neon, read,&nbsp;</p>
 
 
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<p>&nbsp;<strong>"At the Modern Lounge ... It's Always Sapphire Time."</strong>&nbsp;</p>
 
 
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<p> It was ten minutes until midnight. The bartender raised his hands above his head and tapped his imaginary&nbsp; wrist watch. The…</p>
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 &nbsp;The Zippo blazed filling the corridor with a halo of comforting light. I held the lighter at eye level to avoid catching a glimpse of Ginger's shadow on the walls. The Dog hadn't mentioned reflections or shadows ... I just wanted to be on the safe side. Behind us in the distance Ric serenaded&nbsp; our escape with a reprise of<a title="Harlem Nocturne Play" href="http://riccunningham.com/lounge_audio_player/s/harlem_nocturne" target="_blank">&nbsp;"Harlem Nocture"</a>. I'll never hear that elegant old war horse in just the same way, I thought as we hit the first&nbsp;flight of stairs.&nbsp; 
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We had only to cross that last threshold into the perfect light of our first day.&nbsp;<br>
 Ginger squeezed my hand ... we both stepped back into the land of the living. The fresh air and sunlight landed like the first hit of a very pure drug.&nbsp; " When the dog told you we'd know ... this is what he meant. " said Ginger. She came around in front of me and folded into my arms ... we stood still listening to the sounds of pigeons and distant traffic. 

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