"It will not infect you. Just being safe."Unworried, the chief drinks fully from the gourd. Nick takes it from him and replaces the top on it.Everyone... chuckles when, with an unexpected smile, Cynthia says, "Tastes weird, hunh Grandfather?" Weird but good," the chief agrees."So what do you do differently?" Salomé asks the healer."I do not eat flesh, except fish from the sea, raw. I have a cauldron in which I boil roots and herbs and legumes. Except for the stew, I drink only rain water I catch,. "It's very pretty," she said and stroked Annette's slit which was clearly visible through the thin material.Annette smiled and stood up enabling Mo to ease the tiny garment down until she could step out of it."Keep it and remember me until next time," she said and smiled again as Mo wiped it all over her face, "And please bring your beautiful friend again."She stepped back to us then and watched as Annette stepped back over her brother's upturned face. I envied him the view he would have right. Jackie had invited Jeremiah and when I got home on Friday, I called Kurt and Kathy and invited them as well.That evening, after dinner, we all gathered around the TV to watch the premier of Michael Jackson’s new music video - Thriller. It was nearly fifteen minutes long and in addition to the choreography and music, there was narration by Vincent Price. Overall, the effect was mesmerizing. All of us sat entranced in front of the TV, marveling at the video.“That must have a cost a fortune to. Linda turned and watched him go. She frowned slightly, shook her head and turned back to me with a smile. Slowly her friends drifted away too until it was just the two of us. We stayed and talked and laughed and reminisced until closing time at nine. I walked her back to the parking lot and her car then I got into my old F150 and followed her back toward town. She turned off at her house and I went on to my parents. In September just after Labor Day Phil, the owner of the bar came to sit with.