On the fourth approach the receptionist saw me and waved me to come in. 25 Euro’s got me in and rented me a towel and a locker. The receptionist was... very helpful,”Ok Hun” he said, “head to locker room put all your clothes in the locker. You can go naked anywhere but put your towel on in the bar, off you go”.My heart was pounding as I headed to the locker room. I remembered at school fearing the ridicule I’d incur if I got a stiffy changing for sports in front of the other boys. Here it was. You're legal. So who gives a fuck? His wife will get pissed, divorce him or some shit, and I'm sure the parents and friends are gonna think he's a creep for banging a sixteen year old. But what the fuck. I'm not a bitch. I'm not gonna say shit," Julie said.I looked at her and finally spoke."Thank You. I appreciate it. We wanted to, well, uh, do this. But I didn't want to get caught or get in trouble or anything," I said to Julie.She sat there and didn't say anything for a second.I finally felt. Thinking how much resemblance she had with our mother. Wondering if she thought the same about me If I was like our father.Jennifer brought me back to earth by speaking. “What do you think of the business?”“You have a good flow of customers,” I replied“Good flow, I think that’s an understatement. We were packed from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon. It’s like that six days a week. Why do you think that scum bag is pressuring me? Sparks was forcing dad to sell the business for. Ed Scrooge had angered those forces, and those forces wereready to strike back. They had to wait for the Solstice to start theirmovement.The Winter Solstice arrived with a blizzard of mega proportion. TotalWhite Outs. Blowing snows and heavy snow falls. Snow coming in at 3inches an hour. The DPW could not keep up with the snow fall. They hadall they could do just to keep the main road open and the old stonequarry became a place to put the snow. The City of Salem was in theprocess of turning it.
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