I put a bullet from the airgun through the glass door before I reached in and turned off the water. Yes, I was one of those people who hated to see wa...ter wasted.Okay, I had been damned lucky so far, probably because of the amazing arrogance of the Russian Mafia people. Now was the time to take care of the two men in the sitting room. I went to the door and eased it open. The door was about half open when a third man walked in from the bathroom. He was still adjusting his pants as he came into. I got back into the car and gently placed the little guy on the passenger’s seat. Since the country / bait store was just a few miles ahead I headed on that way.Arriving at the store, I picked up the little fella and headed inside and stepped up to the counter and gently set the little guy down. My friend, Rose, looked at the pup then at me. Rather than telling me to get this filthy dog off of her counter, she picked up the little pup and tucked him into the nook of her neck and cooed to him.. Simon looked overagain at Frank, still sleeping soundly beside him. This time, he dwelt uponhis head, hanging casually to Frank's right. Simon considered the soft,supple skin tautly outlining his cheekbones and jaw line. 'If only I couldkiss him there, just once,' he thought. He looked then to Frank's mouth andhis lips--pink, full, and moist. An electric current of excitement shotthrough Simon's body. He had to do something about it-had to resolve thistension which had been pent up,. "Yes, it is," he said. "You're too set in your ways. You've come in with a thousand assumptions, and now you're imprisoned by them. I'm not sure what afflicts you, Sajel, but you're sure—absolutely, positively sure—that it'll stand between you and I. And there's nothing that'll convince you otherwise." You don't even know what it is," she said, compressing ultimate scorn into her voice."No," he said. He did not flinch before the lash. "I don't. And until I do know, I can only hope it wasn't.