Bob told Cheri about the cocktail parties, but I warned him that those parties were no place to take your wife. I just told her they were very sleazy ...and that she would be offended. They left it at that.The conversation turned to how long we were in town. Bob and Cheri said that they were going to do the tourist thing. They were staying until Sunday. My accounting group found out that it was cheaper for me to spend the night Friday and leave on Saturday. My flight wasn’t until late Saturday. I turn on the water and it doesn’t take long for the steam of the shower to fog up the windows and mirrors. I step over the edge of the tub and absorb the hot water as it pours over my sore muscles. I pull the curtain closed and bend over to place the plug in the drain. I’ll stand for a bit while the tub begins to fill. I add some bath salts to the tub and let the shower water pour down straight over my head, rivulets pass over my ears, face and down the back of my neck. I shiver with pleasure.. There! “There I was standing, innocently minding my own business getting fuel at a gas station. I vaguely remember an SUV pulling up behind me at the pump, an older man getting out of the vehicle and walk towards me ... It gets foggy from there and I kind of recall being shuffled into a backseat and being dizzy ... or groggy, I can’t remember. I do however remember the parts after that as if they were a horrific dream.” I state rubbing my forehead.I had woken up feeling a cool breeze across my. Right?"Why not? That's what he wants to hear," Rick chuckled. "We're incharacter, remember?"Martin wasted no time in replying, "Wanna meet up sometime?"Now Rick and I both froze. That was way too easy. We didn't even reallyhave time yet to fully mess with him.We had to let him down. "Umm sorry..." we wrote. "I'm not ready forthat..."The conversation ended.Rick and I looked at each other. Was that it? Was Martin just going toghost us like that? After all that effort."Well," Rick shrugged, "it.
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