"What do you think, Boland?" he said, tilting his chin at Raymond. "You think he's alright?"

"What's it to you?" I heard myself say.

Campbell smiled then, which surprised me. It was a genuine smile, no menace intended, and just for a second I saw a completely different Wes Campbell - harmless, friendly... charismatic even.

"You like him don't you?" he said to me.

"What?"

"Bunny boy there... you like him?"

I didn't know what to say. Like him? Did I like him? I mean, what kind of question is that?