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Ace was undeniably, absurdly, ridiculously hungry; not that it meant much. Ace was always hungry, as a seventeen year old boy with a bottomless pit as a stomach. While that might be overused and over rated, in Ace's case, it was a whole new thing. His metabolism was pretty much a new superpower. Ace could eat a whale, and then be hungry in the next three minutes. And that wasn't even a hyperbole.
So when he asked his butler to drive him to Bayard Street, Chinatown, en route to the Green Bo Restaurant that sat on the 66 lot, he completely forgot the cash only rule. After being personally seated by the chef and mangager, than waited on only by the best, receiving the finest dishes available [though to be truthful, Ace really preferred the dried seaweed to the Lions Head], Ace went up to pay the check.
And then realized that he had absolutely no cash in his pocket. And that the nearest ATM was about seven blocks away. His fancy golden corporate American Express card just wasn't going to cut it. Looking around helplessly, Ace didn't see anyone he recognized.
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