I hoped that would be enough to make them squirm.Once that fire was started, I built a fire on the front porch. I figured that would be too much for t...he locals to ignore, and one of them would verify my 911 call. I made the call and gave a fictitious name, of course. I also returned to where I had left the nightwatchman and removed his gag so that he could call for help. He was not getting off easy—I am sure that both the police and the higherups in the Carnoli family would want extensive. It proved to be a bra and panty picture of a woman who looked to be in her forties. She wasn't bad looking, and the pic brought a smile to his face — as well as a rise in his pants.Sam sent the refund, and then returned to his mailbox. He offered a little prayer to anyone who would listen, and clicked on the message.An excited groan escaped him when he saw the pic. He'd dreamed about what Denise would look like in her underwear more times than he could imagine. The material was thin enough to. " But he doesn't care about me?" I was trying to be funny. "Damn!"'Guess there ain't no way you can hurt your arm no more'n it is," he said, giving me a tobacco-stained smile."Why not," I said, standing and looking for my glove, "they pay me." I was not about to admit that I was eager.So I did some serious stretching and jogged up and down a bit and then threw a few times in the bullpen with the taciturn Enos, backing up as far as I could so I was tossing at about 75 or 80 feet. When the. When his wife came back in she sat down and started to ask me questions about my love life and what it was like to move from country to country.I began to wonder where she was leading to as she remained a good few feet from me and I felt that maybe I was hoping for too much. Then, first of all she stood up and brought the whisky bottle to me without even asking if I wanted another drink. Once she had poured me one she surprised me by going to the far side of the room and picking up a small.