The outside was shabby, the roof in bad need of repair, the windows dirty and cracked. Opening the door, she was greeted by the mingled odours of toba...cco, sweat, beer and rodents. She was greeted only by an open leer from the bar keep, for the meeting was well under way, and the students, crowded together and focused on Harry, did not notice her entrance. She slipped in quietly and took a place at the back of the group.The meeting was near its end, and what she was hearing was more or less in. She ran a fingernail up the inside of his leg, watch for a response but knowing that the morphine would keep him unconscious. Not seeing one, she stepped back from the bed and took a tissue from the pocket of her uniform. She wiped her lips carefully, removing every trace of lipstick from them as she smiled again. Her mind went back in time to the first time she had done this, many months before....+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gayle had entered this same room on her rounds many times.. “I’ll see you at the grill out. We start at two.” She moved her cart past me and looked over her shoulder and smiled again. I watched her strut away and down the next aisle toward the checkout counters, heels clicking away. She was cute last night. Now, she looked like a hot little vixen. She was a number. It took all I had to concentrate on finishing my own grocery shopping. As I finally finished up, I pulled out my cell phone and called Jerry and Jennifer’s number to see if there was. We've got to go eat breakfast!"About that time, Lydia stepped through the stable door and yelled, "Hey you two...Breakfast!".It wasn't until after she had yelled that she saw us cuddled together sitting on the stable floor.I stood and helped Nikki to her feet."My apologies Lydia" I answered. "We just got busy enjoying each other".Lydia smiled, "It's okay, I was just getting worried about you two" she said.Lydia turned and walked ahead of us out of the stables, and as we exited I turned to lock.