"No, relax…"
" I can't believe I let you talk me into this."
"Relax!" He finally felt the weight of the other man's head drop into his hands. "That's right," he said soothingly as he started to knead the knots in the muscles that spread from the back of the head out onto the shoulders. One by one they started to uncoil under his touch.
"Close your eyes… that's it. Relax…" After a few minutes of massage he slipped his hands away and curled his fingers around the ends of the towel he'd looped under the other man's neck. When he leaned back he heard and felt the bones pop and grind as they slipped back into place. "Don't move!" He warned and he held his position for several moments before finally relaxing his grip and letting the head gently down onto the large kitchen table they were using.
"How did you do that?" the patient asked in amazement.
"Magic," he answered. "I'd stay just as you are for a bit if you want that to last."
"How long?"
"Oh, only a minute or two." Goniff rubbed his hands together as he turned on the other two. "Right! 'hoo's next?"
Chief just headed for the stairs but Casino snorted a laugh as he followed him. "You think I'm nuts or somethin'? You'r not comin' anywhere near me! Besides…the way Actor cranes his neck to watch those dames doin' their calisthenics out at that camp they got every time we're on the road up to London you got more than enough to do just keepin' his head on straight!"