The Raiders
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Chevalier came onstage in white tie and tails. They sang together, songs identified with both of them.
The dancers of the chorus worked around them, they upstage in bright light. They wore feathered headdresses and feather boas, but their breasts, bellies, and hips were bare. The muscular male dancers wore feathered and jeweled jockstraps.
The music of the pit orchestra rose and overwhelmed the singing. The revue was ending. The helicopter came down on its wires again and landed on the stage. Chevalier led Glenda to it. Her four dancers surrounded her and made ready to lift her into the helicopter. At the final moment, Glenda reached behind her neck and unfastened a clasp. The beads fell to the floor. The dancers lifted her. Her back was to the audience, but she was completely naked. They stood to applaud as the helicopter rose and swept out of the room.
Jonas grinned at Bat. "You've made her a big star again. And she'll schnook you again."
Bat shrugged. "Maybe."
"I'll promise you one thing," said Toni. "She won't screw him."
Jo-Ann laughed. "He's a Cord," she said.
"Dad, I want to thank you for renewing your contact with Paul Derval at the Folies."
"Interrupted my vacation," said Jonas.
"Speaking of which, when are you going to take a vacation?" asked Toni. "When are we going to take one?"
"That's hard to say."
"Have you become the indispensable man, son?" Jonas asked. "Haven't you learned better than that? I thought for Christ's sake that you'd— "
"Easy ..." whispered Angie, taking Jonas's hand.
Jonas pointed at Toni. "Before she gets too heavy," he said. "I never did get to Acapulco. Now, that'd be a good place for you two to go swimming— "
"I don't want to go swimming," said Toni. "I want to see Paris in the fall. I want to be able to take long walks in the streets, before the baby gets so big I can't do it."
"You do it, Bat," Jonas barked. "By God!"
"I thought you didn't give me orders anymore," said Bat gently.
"I don't try to be your boss anymore, but I'm still your fuckin' father! You take this girl wherever she wants to go!"
"You want to stay in Vegas and run things while I'm gone?"
Jonas shook his head. "Angie and I are flying to Honolulu on Monday. Then on to Tahiti. Then Australia and New Zealand."
Bat frowned at Toni. "Paris ... A week?"
"Two weeks," she said firmly.
The End
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