What happened in Las Vegas at the stock car rally? What happened in Las Vegas behind the sheen, in the cashier’s booth at MGM Grand? What occurred in the circuitous swimming pool?

These 3 happenings were substantiated in the following way…

Squirrel was sunbathing near Pan’s Grotto, on the east side of the pool complex. It was here that he first caught sight of Eliza. She emerged from Pan’s grotto like a water nymph, her bikini traversed in onyx. “Who is this mirage that I am witnessing?” Squirrel mumbled to himself. Little did he know that the “Mirage” to which he referred was none other than Eliza, the fiercely defended wife of Otto, Vegas’ stock car rally Fuhrer.

Otto’s operation worked this way- if you wanted have your stock car rallied with the others, there was a certain amount in tribute that you must deposit in addition to the aboveboard registration fee. The place where you make the drop is in the southwest corner of MGM Grand’s warbling game floor, where the incisive clerk, whom we shall call Niagara, accepts the bundled cash in exchange for a few worthless buffet tickets. The whole thing is totally seamless, or so Otto thought.

TO BE CONTINUED