Kelly and Alan were right behind her.The sauna had a two-level L-shaped bench. Kelly sat on the top of the short leg of the L. Tricia laid down on the... long leg. Alan sat at the end of Tricia’s feet, close to Kelly. Tricia was on her back, her left leg bent at the knee, her foot on the bench. Her right foot dangled off the bench to the lower bench. Her knees were spread and her hairless slit was spread open and staring at Alan. Tricia was staring at the ceiling. Sitting next to Alan, Kelly. Those fools knew shit, like higher power shit.’ ‘So they foresaw when the world was going to end but they couldn’t foresee the Spaniards kicking their asses all over the Americas?’ ‘Dude… America didn’t even exist back then.’ Teddy laughed and got up to grab another soda, shaking his head. Noah blinked rapidly like if trying to erase what his friend had just said out of his memory. He leaned back in Mr. Shehan’s recliner and continued watching the news. Mary and Collin Shehan had driven up. Ilooked and scowled. "Why do we need one of these?"Monica grinned. "You need one because sissies surrender control. I'llbe your key-holder, baby. I'll decide how long you're caged. I'lldecide when you're free. I'll decide how hard you have to work to earna weekend pardon. It's the ultimate submission." It's a Gerbil jail." A mousetrap," she said, nodding."A prison cell." The chain gang."I stared at it, imagining the lock being shut. "This could change ourentire penal system," I said. "Forget. Even for her age, her abdominal muscles are somewhat under-developed. But the biggest cause of her belly distention is a condition called intestinal hypertrophy. In laymen’s terms, her bowels are too big for her size, so her belly’s twice as big as normal.” I said, “That doesn’t sound good.” He shrugged. “Perfectly harmless. We don’t see it often but it does happen. You know, when King Louis XIV was autopsied after his death, they found his stomach was twice normal size.” I didn’t.