“Bob stink bad! Bob smell like fish!”“My hands might smell like fish,” I corrected, “but you’re not smelling my hands.”“I do wish I co...uld take a shower” said Sam. “It just feels wrong to stay here three days and never bathe.”“So take a whore’s bath,” I said. I regretted my comment immediately.“What?” came twin squeals of outrage.“Don’t tell me you never heard of a whore’s bath,” I bluffed.Suddenly I wasn’t being held down by girls anymore. They were both indignant.“Calm down. I’m not calling. ’ Something in his look sent an icy fear into my heart. ‘Okay,’ I said, steeling myself. ‘Let’s have it. You did say the news was good and bad.’ He laid his hand on mine. ‘The bad bit, darling, if you can call it that… well, the job’s not particularly local…’ My hand beneath his went limp. ‘What do you mean, not local? How ‘not local’? ‘Well, it’s kind of abroad.’ ‘Kind of..?’ ‘Yes. I’ve been offered a position with our firm in the States.’ ‘And you’re taking it?’ I couldn’t think clearly at. .. Snakes also known as Garter Snakes (Thamnophissirtalis) can be dangerous. Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes. Here’s why.A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa.She let out a very loud scream.The. Tension built and receded ... built and receded, expressed in those little breaths. And then a shiver. A pause. Another shiver. A deep intake, a release, and calm once more.Was that... ? I think it was. My body had reacted in a particular way to the sounds, and though I halfheartedly tried to tell myself that it was probably just someone who had fallen asleep on their books, the changes I felt within my pants belied that theory.I became aware of my restlessness, an urge to move, uncovered by.