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Show 30 cigarettes. The drummer headed for the men's room. The trombonist joined his girl friend at the punch table. Mark suggested the six of them go find Dan Laitinen and ask him if he had fixed the floor in his parents' cabin in Lamb's Canyon yet. Lorin said he'd try to catch them later. He watched them disappear down the corridor that led to the hotel lobby, and wondered if he should have asked one of the girls--Sue, possibly--to go check the powder room and see if Donna had been mugged, ha ha. Running his thumbnail across the stamped number on the chip in his pocket, he threaded his way back to the punch table where Alan Walker, the trombonist, was feeding a rice cookie to Patsy Beyer. She stood on her tiptoes with her hands behind her and took small nibbles before he pulled it away. Alan had wide streaks of sweat down both cheeks. Lorin told him the band was in good form tonight. Alan said thanks and pushed the last half of the cookie into Patsy's mouth with his forefinger. She opened her eyes wide and squealed through a full mouth. Lorin debated whether to get another cup of green punch, but decided to wait until Donna came out and offer to get her one too, and maybe a cookie. When she came out at last he was listening to a conversation between Bob Harvey, Fred Nelson, Tad Winans, and Dan Laitinen--one of them had hit a deer last night on the road to Park City--and Lorin hadn't found a chance yet to ask Dan if Mark had found him. He decided to let it go for now. He excused himself and went over to meet her. He had decided not to make a joke about her getting mugged in the John. For all he knew she was having her period, though he wouldn't have minded letting her know he was very understanding about those things. He asked her if she would like another cup of green punch and she said no thanks. As they walked back to the chairs he mentioned he'd been talking to the group over there, and before that to Mark and some others, and that Dan seemed to be doing something up at his parents' cabin that involved fixing a floor, but he hadn't had a chance to |
