ask Bill Parker.” Kay jiggled his hands. Elmer laced up their fingers. “Kick Lee out. You don’t sleep with him, anyway. Tell Parker to leave his wife and marry you. If he nixes it, I’ll marry you. I’ll get a cop job in Bumfuck, Indiana. We’ll live fat and sassy on a farm someplace.” Kay laughed and unlaced their fingers. She scanned the bar and X-ray-eyed Big Joan.

