contents prologue first time asthma layla seven more minutes phone call decision rooks nest paperwork makeup restaurant taking her home doubts the flower market mr. birch prison first kiss rumbled stabbed gone tracey fizz club beaten old geezer hard sell his place richmond bens girl independence charity dinner baby weekend in the country bens room fatherly advice dinner gong trust cheating pleasure honolulu no return the meeting birch boys jimmy gunshot get a room waking up ambulance bad news dirty work confusion last straw epilogue read more by cody young prologue two young doctors breezed through the waiting room like rising stars from the screen actors guild .