there anywhere?” I asked.
“Yeah,” she replied, ducking down behind the counter. “But I don’t think anything in there is going to mend your broken ego.”
“My ego is as big as ever thank you,” I replied. I took the first aid kit, but the only painkillers in there were far too large. “Nope, this won’t do.”
“What are you looking for?” Nora asked.
“Small pills. Any of the girls have hay fever?”
“One of the barmaids, but she’s busy with your friends. We can’t take her tablets. I have a feeling she’ll need to be able to breathe through her nose later when you get your hands on her.”
“Jealousy doesn’t suit you, sweetheart,” I replied with a grin.
“And what does suit me? A huge cock in my mouth I assume?”
“I never said I had a huge cock.”
“True,” Nora replied. “Guess I got confused because you’ve been a massive dick all evening. But that’s not the same as having one.”
I turned back to look at Theo who seemed even more awkward now than he had been around his idiot friends.
“Sorry about her, Theo. Some women like to play hard to get before I fuck them. Makes them feel less slutty.” Riker turned back to me. “I assume you’re on the pill?”
She pursed her lips in displeasure. This wasn’t going brilliantly so far.
“It’s none of your business,” she snapped.
“Don’t get your hopes up. I’m not asking because I want to have sex with you—I’m still on the fence on that one. I’ll let you know when I’ve made up my mind. You got the pills on you?”
She sighed, but nodded and grabbed her pills from her purse behind the bar. “I have enough for a few more months.”
I took out one of the pills and compared it to Theo’s drugs. The contraceptive pill was slightly bigger, but no one would notice in the heat of the moment. I put six pills in the bag, and threw the drugs on the floor before crushing them under my foot.
“There you go,” I said, handing the bag to Theo. “No one will know any difference.”
“Uh, thanks,” Theo replied nervously. “Will this stuff… affect me at all?”
“No,” I replied. “You should be fine. But, uh, best not try to park any cars for a few days.”
Theo smiled, but the grin disappeared when he glanced towards Nora. I didn’t look. Best not to know.
“Your brother’s scum,” I said to Theo. “He should be keeping you off that shit, not encouraging you. Stop hanging around with him after tonight.”
Theo nodded, and ran off the bathroom to join his friends.
That was one of tonight’s missions accomplished. Now, came the tricky part.
I finished off the last of my drink and slid the glass over to her. “Straight whiskey this time.”
“Yes, sir,” she replied, giving a mock salute.
“You still haven’t told me when your shift ends.”
“That’s right, I haven’t. Anyone with half a brain would take the hint.”
“Ah, well, that’s where we have a problem. My brain’s just mush these days, what with all the fighting.”
“And yet you still do it.”
The big-boobed woman from before came back with an equally well-endowed friend. I still had the marker pen, so I grabbed a handful of boob and signed my name again.
“It has its perks,” I said to Nora as the women left.
“So you decided getting punched was a good way to make a living just because you’d be able to get your hands on some tits in dirty bars?”
“No. I decided to fight for a living because I was fighting anyway. Might as well get paid for it.”
“What type of fighting is it anyway? You’re not involved in any of that illegal underground stuff are you?”
“No,” I lied. “Not that.”
I usually made no secret about being an underground fighter. Women loved it. But there was something in the way Nora asked the question that made me think twice this time. She looked relieved by my answer, but I had no idea why.
“What about you?” I asked. “Why did