Janet was nowhere to be seen, and I triedvaguely to remember which of them had been carrying my clothes.The cage-like enclosure had no shower as such,... just a water faucetmounted on a pole about waist-high. To "shower" under this, I had tograb it, crouch down and undulate my body under the stream as I ran thetap full force!The cold, cold water brought me partly back to my' senses, and Isplashed it over my ivory-pink gooseflesh, glad I had worn waterproofmakeup. Finally, I regained my composure. Didn’t see no sense in it.”“Thanks ... we’ll be back.”“Hold on. You want to buy it?”“Yes Sir.”“Why?”“Summer cottage. We’ll make one trip with materials and equipment and then limit our access to once a week.”“Ain’t nothing there.” He said. “Hell, I’ll sell you my side ... it’s too steep.”“What’ll you take for it?”“Thousand.”“Abby? Pay the man.”She fingered out ten Jolly Green Giants and passed them over.“Mum. Fetch my receipt book and the plat map.”We now owned the southwest side of the ridge.. ’ ‘Would you like to take a painkiller?’ ‘No!’ ‘Fine. Here’s the remote for the TV and the stereo. Do whatever you want. Little angel, did you like the trip in the car? Yes, if we can persuade mama I can take you out sometime. What did you say? No, it won’t be a problem for me but it might be a little disturbing for other women to see me with two beautiful women. Look, your chair rocks like this. Isn’t it time for you to sleep? You know I have a terrible voice but let me try… silent night, holy. This woman, who I'd thought would be such an easy touch, was turning out to have more on the ball than I had expected. That she'd just call the cops like that, even though I KNEW she had dope in the house, suggested she was either crazy or had an in with the department somehow. I'd seen stuff like that before. More than one bad cop has stolen "product" during a bust, and then turned around and sold it himself.But besides being embarrassed—or maybe because of it—I was pissed off too. I wasn't.