"I thought you were ignoring me," I said to Kelly as she glided over to the cocaine table. Ashley had excused herself to the restroom to clean up after blowing me.

"Just getting the juices flowing, as they say," she said playfully as she bent over and snorted a line.

"I'd like to test that claim," I said.

"Not tonight, stud," Kelly said. She filled her other nostril with white crystals. "I'm here to network. Jess and I have been talking about a cooperative agreement."

"Oh really?" I said, surprised. I hadn't heard about it. "What for?"

"Sharing clients if they're in one city or the other," she said.

"Sounds...