First and last for Exile

First line:

"Kick it and see," he said.
She felt the foot going into her side, a dull thud ripple through the crippling pain.

Last line:

Vik waited all night. He sat on a bar stool, watching the door for four hours, pretending to chat to Shan about Gram Parsons and Motherwell's lineup. Every time the doors opened he felt sick and nervous. He waited and waited until the bar staff were shouting time, but Maureen never came.