Chapter 21: November 11th, 1926

"After closing a major real estate deal in Florida, our gang opens some new doors."

Clad in a dress that was equal parts filigreed plate mail and diaphanous billows of silk, Astrid Qvistsjö knelt on the carpeted floor of her first-class compartment and bobbed her head to the relentless rhythm rising up from below.Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack....

Joyeux Noel

"A Christmas Trip To France Proves Explosive"

I'd been seeing Daisy for about five months. She was a strawberry-blonde—carefree, energetic, free-spirited Irish girl with a sex drive that almost matched my own. As we approached Christmas, we were juggling with the decision as to where to spend...