"Hi, Sean?" It was Tracy Evanson's voice. "Ow! No, I'm talking to him now," she said, her voice muffled as she held the phone away from somebody for a... moment."Hello?" I didn't want to end the call, but this was getting expensive for no real reason. I had thought I was going to have a nice conversation with Luscious, and here I was trying to referee a wrestling match by long-distance."Sean?" Tracy sounded like she was struggling to keep the phone. "If Kayla doesn't want you, will you ask me. "I wouldn't mind telling him about it. I'd know it would never get any further than him. No need worrying about that."By Sunday, the situation had gotten so bad that Max insisted on going over to Hal's apartment and demanding to know what he knew about Gene. Jackie consented to go along, though she feared that the trip would end in a quarrel with the Hudginses. Max denied harboring any such intent; he swore that he merely wanted to know if they knew anything about Harris. Even so, Jackie felt. "There's still time to turn back from this path of evil and find the way to the light," Christian Crusader said. "You don't have to do what the Harridan tells you."Speaking of the Harridan, Christian Crusader heard the click of a door behind the old madam's desk. Damn, he'd allowed the slut to distract him and now the Harridan was getting away. He looked towards the door, debating whether to give chase.PFLUBB!Out of the corner of his eye Christian Crusader saw the blue girl reach towards him. One possibility was to have her give up teaching. That wasn’t within their budget constraints this year, but it might well be next year. They’d saved up for the down payment, and that was more per month than the present house payments were. They were no longer paying rent, too. Still, this wasn’t the time to suggest that. She’d made a commitment this year at least.She had two groups in the church that took time, if not a hell of a lot of time. She could drop those, but she didn’t look more.