We’d been here several days but it hadn’t happened yet and from the look of it, wasn’t going to happen tonight. Katy had already gone to bed wit...h her novel. As I climbed in beside her and gave her a kiss on the cheek she smiled vaguely and gave me an ”mmmm’ but didn’t stop reading. I lay back, frustrated. The air con made our room bearable but it was still hot. I was only wearing boxers. Katy was wearing a plain cotton nightie which completely covered her firm, smallish breasts. No sign of her. One of the guys arrested at my party had a lawyer for a father who got the charges thrown out on the twits, so they were back in school. The funniest thing that happened occurred the last day of school. Bobby found Jackie Fortier rubbing up against Billy Taubins, one of the jailbirds, in the cafeteria before school, and when he protested, she laughed and called him a needle-dick. Well, it’s not like I didn’t warn her! Bobby and Billy started going at it and Bobby got the shit kicked out of him.. ”“Packets? Microwave?” Susan was being mischievous.Victor saw through it. “Only the finest ingredients, carefully chosen and fresh daily!” he said with a straight face watching her reaction, which was of unabashed wonder. Then he broke into a grin, and she realised he’d been playing with her. She laughed out loud. There was a crash from the living room and both the baby and the little girl began to howl.They rushed to the living area to find Gail, her daughter, standing amid scattered remnants. Then a week went by without hearing from Sanosuke.Yahiko: We can't help him if he doesn't get back here!Kaoru: The police haven't caught him. He hasn't been back to his longhouse. It's like he's just disappeared.Yahiko: What do they want him for anyway? Sanosuke wouldn't attack a stranger for no reason. They should find out what's really going on here!Kaoru: The chief's tried, but it's not easy. A lowlife gambler is one thing, but when an Ishin Shishi's been assaulted, there's not a lot he can.