‘Can I ask why?’ I asked. She bowed her head, cast her eyes away from me toward the floor, and said, ‘I have to get up early in the morning. I h...ave to pick someone up at the airport first thing in the morning.’ ‘This doesn’t sound like just ‘someone.” I said, not knowing if I didn’t want to ask that question because I didn’t want to invade her privacy or because I was trying to hold back on what I felt a pang of jealousy coming from the deepest part of my gut. ‘A dear friend and …’ she said.. .. for size?" Yes, exactly, Donald."I bent my head and kissed her shoulder. My fingers began a journey over her silky flesh and I hoped she couldn't feel them trembling. My erection felt as if it had gotten as hard as it could possibly get without exploding.Edith was as nervous as me, for she kept chattering, saying: "And ... I ... I heard people talking about ... you know ... anal sex. One of my friends claims she did it and she says it feels fantastic. Anyhow ... you ... you..." Okay, Edith,. On the music front, things were doing well. We had the guys from Orange down staying for the week we were playing at Selina’s; we made room for them to camp in the studio. The three nights there, with them and us doing a double header went well; again Lisa was with us, helping Murph and Mary Beth on the lighting and sound desks. Sales for the album had passed the mark required to get ‘gold album’ status; there was to be a formal presentation at Chequers later in the month. As well, Ted would. “Thank you for your kind donation, go forth and do kindness in the name of Yphion.”I was ready to go forth, alright, but because Voss was discreetly trying to wave me over to where he and Ashryn were standing, not because of anything to do with that watery tart.“Hey, look at this,” he said, tapping some smudges on the ground.I was going to say something sarcastic about finding burn marks near the site of a building fire, when I saw what he was indicating- a blackened divot in the ground a.