He snarled viciously at her in frustration and that was the last thing he did before Avriel's sword swept down and severed his head from his neck. Sev...eral of the Lios women in the door let out a little shriek and began talking so fast over each other the the bracelet couldn't interpret was they were saying. "Mel are you okay," Avriel asked the Lios and gently lifted her to her feet with a hand under her arm. "I'm alright," Mel answered breathing heavily. "Get these women ready and I'll leave a. Rawlings may have called in the Chief of Police to assess the situation. The Chief may have called in the Sheriff. The two heads would have talked to Rawlings and Jenkins, to find out what they knew. Then someone would have talked to Leo. He certainly had enough time to get his story straight, especially to make me out to be the bad guy. They would have asked him to repeat the story a couple of times, and even write the whole thing down. It was probably the most imaginative bit of writing ever. We opted to put off our duties and party instead. We were in full party mode when June came home earlier than expected. Seeing the sink full of dishes, the beer cans, and her house smelling like pot set her off. She proceeded to lecture the four of us. Marie tried to apologize and promised we would all get busy cleaning up right away. "Oh, I know you're going to clean up," Aunt June said, "but now you're going to be doing it with a sore ass."She took Amanda to her room first while the. We rinsed them off before loading the dishwasher then turned it on.We left the kitchen, refilled our glasses, returning to the deck to resume our talks. The first couple of drinks had left me with a slight buzz which may have added to my not caring about Marion's foot caressing mine. Since eating, my mind had cleared a bit, but with the refilled glass my warm fuzzy feeling had returned. We'd just finished our drinks when my dad stuck his head outside asking if we were ready for dessert. Since.