I checked to make sure there were no bones in them as I dipped them into the batter. I waited a few minutes while Tran and George got washed, then dro...pped a few drops of water into the oil to make sure it was hot enough.George went out saying he was going to bury the remaining fish parts in the woods as Tran started making the fries. I coated several fillets and put them into the hot grease to cook. When the smell hit me I was almost drooling as I watched them turn a golden brown."Harry, I love. Know what I think? I think you and me, we should get together. I think you're wastin' that fine body. Body like that, it's made for lovin'. Ain't that right?" Please," she tried. "Please just leave me ... leave me alone." This girl was more scared than I thought, if she were telling me this when the cops must have been right there with her, urging her to keep me talking. Of course, I had spent time building her up to this terror, so maybe it wasn't all that surprising.Just like Laurie had been. ’ She laughed and said, ‘If you’re a real minister I’m a monkey’s uncle, or aunt, as it were.’ I smiled back at her and said, ‘What do you take me for?’ ‘I take you for what you probably are,’ she said, ‘a charming man, glib with his tongue, fast on his feet, but inherently good and caring and a possible ticket out of this dreadful, boring place.’ ‘You get right to the point don’t you, Mrs. Hobart.’ ‘Necessity is the mother of invention and you can call me Sarah.’ ‘Alright, Sarah, what are you. But, oh, that was,” sigh, “delicious.”Sally giggled. “Thank you.”“You won’t put on weight working as hard as you did this morning,” I told her. “How are you feeling?”“Tired. Ache in some different places.”“Relax for an hour with a cup of tea. Or coffee, if you’d rather.“Coffee, Master?”“Yes, please, Sally.”“Me too,” Lisette added.“I’ll bring it into the lounge.”Lisette sank into an armchair with a groan. “You could give work a miss this afternoon,” I told her.“Not a bit of it. I’ve actually.
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