"Help me pull this down will you?" He smiled at me."Sure," I said, and pulled it down admiring the way my clear polishednails looked against his back....We went up to the truckers lounge, where he was subjected to some snidecomments about his girlfriend.. He responded back in typical truckerfashion, about how he had pictures of the other guys wife in his walletand would he like to see them... They all had big fry ups and beer, Ijust had a hot dog and some wine. The crossing from Oostende took. It was nearly twice the size of my room back home,but considering the circumstances, I wasn't feeling very enthusiasticabout either the room or the house."Make yourself at home," the Face told me when we were done with thetour, "just remember to stay out of those rooms. There are things inthere that are extremely dangerous to the untrained." I'll try not to cause any trouble," I told him quietly.He just nodded. "You will probably be here by yourself quite oftenwhile I am away on business." . You do realize that I expect us to drive one another into exhaustion and insanity, but in the nicest possible way? In the club, I do get off at times, but it's rarely leisurely. As I'll tell you about later, there can be more leisurely and exotic things in swing clubs. Oh, I date, but I suspect not much now that I've met you -- unless perhaps we share nice people. Don't worry, I'm not going to be possessive."This was a very, very different Carol. I still had trouble with a vague yes meaning. Even as bad as she had to go to the bathroom by the time she got to the office, she could barely force herself to go to the bathroom there before the pee was dribbling down her leg.And now, she had to go again. She wondered if she'd ever be able to use a bathroom again without seeing a snake wiggling in the bathtub.It probably would have been better if there had been something to do but sit there and think about the snake, but Wednesdays were her slow day as the Record-Herald's advertising.