43 case of lies

carleen followed him . sitting on a bench alogside the driveway . leaning against the wall , his eyes  half -closed . he was waiting for his car .
"so , wakefiel , what's up ? you following me "
"you don't want to be seen talking to me here ."
" you're the one who sat down by me ."
"i mean because of the cameras ."
"screw them ," she said ," any damage is done . i should have jumped up and left when you sat down ."
"why didn't you ?"
"maybe i foolishly imagined you would have more sense than to sit down beside me . or come to tahoe at all ." she took off her useless glasses and tucked them into a shirt pocket ." you spot two security men who were following me when i left ?"
"why didn't your fience frrom the sports book take care of them ? i'm sure he's a muscle bound freak , just the way you like them ."
she laughed ." why are you jealous at thought ?"
"yeah , sure . i hate imaginary rivals . is he frome korea , too ?"
they had a running disagreement about carleen's disguises . she liked them conspicuous . like the nadty tricoolored hair she wore tonoght sticking up like a kid's paper crown , thinking that she was less likely to get made if shew went bol;d . and she couldn't keep her mouth shut . she chattedup the dealers , compounding lies until nobody could keep tracxk of the latest story .
" why'd you  bet so big ? if you hadn't put up such a massive bet , we could have made the same money in three or four hands without anybody noticing . we could still be playing .
""you bet twice what i did ."
"well , hey , i had to , didn't i , after you spoiled any chance for anonymity . she was going to shuffle up for sure asfter you bet . thepit made us so fast after that ."