in
Europe ever since the scandal broke.

Ray also hosted another
special triple event, this one an unadvertised surprise: performances
by the “big three” dancers of the fifties, opening with a still
comely Geneva, and continuing with the jaw-droppingly buxom Arronaxe,
and, finally, at age 38, still stunning and radiating her signature
charisma, Erszebet Singer. The assembled throng was bowled over, and
Ulysses and the other musicians played some swanky, evocative
stripper-appropriate tuneage. Shiloh Mercer in particular soloed
madly with no abandon while Miss Singer shook herself gradually into
a frenzy.

Two hours later, the
Christensen Quintet were plastered and Erszebet was still sailing on
her first trip with LSD, as supplied her by Arronaxe. The six
adjourned to Javier's office, where Erszebet immediately grabbed
Henry in a passionate kiss. They made out while Javier went to confer
with Ray and let him know notto disturb them. When he returned, Judd
was crying in the corner, Henry was asleep with his pants off,
Erszebet was naked and being fondled by Luca, Nels was cursing in the
other corner, and Javier found himself curiously and intensely
aroused by the whole thing. “Life imitates art!” he screamed as
Luca made love with Erszebet on his fold out couch.

After Luca rolled off
Erszebet, she called out to Javier, “I want you! I want you want
you want you!” Javier was not the kind of man to indulge in what we
now call date rape. He was not the kind of man to make love to a
woman with anyone else around either. And he thought it so twisted
that the story they concocted 15 years ago to save Ray's life had
stirred to life, a gargantuan