"No.I said he was in a helicopter. I said that he—was—in—a—heli-cop-ter."

"Butwhere was the heli-cop-ter?"

"Damienthinks things are getting totally fucked up. We have about forty fordinner who have not RSVP'd, so our seating list might beinterpreted as meaningless."

"Beau,that depends on how you define meaningless."

Along pause. "Don't tell me it means a bunch of different things,Victor. For example, here's how the O situation is shaping up:Tatum O'Neal, Chris O'Donnell, Sinead O'Connor and Conan O'Brien allyes but nothing from Todd Oldham, who I hear is being stalked andreally freaking out, or Carrie Otis or Oribe—"

"Relax,"I whisper. "That's because they're all doing the shows. I'lltalk to Todd tomorrow—I'll see him at the show-but I mean whatis going on, Beau? Conan O'Brien is coming but Todd Oldhamand Carrie Otis might not? That just isn't an acceptablescenario, baby, but I'm in an automated teller right now with myVespa and I can't really speak—hey, what are you lookingat?—but I don't want Chris O'Donnell anywhere at my table fordinner. Chloe thinks he's too fucking cute and I just don't need thatkind of awful shit tomorrow night."

"Uh-huh.Right, no Chris O'Donnell, okay, got that. Now, Victor, first thingtomorrow we've got to go over the big ones, the Ms and theSs—"

"Wecan pull it together. Don't weep, Beau. You sound sad. It is now myturn to get some cash. I must go and—"

"Wait!Rande Gerber's in town—"

"Puthim under G but not for the dinner unless he's coming withCindy Crawford then he is invited to the dinner and you thenknow which consonant, baby."

"Victor,you try dealing with Cindy's publicist. You try getting an honestanswer out of Antonio Sabato, Jr.'s publicist—"

Iclick off, finally push in my card, punch in the code (COOLGUY) and