“Looks like rats and maybe a cat.” Poncho shared, “Someone has put them there. Let’s get them out of there.”Gloria translated for Poncho.Pon...cho went to a small building and unlocked it. He pulled out a small fishing net. He also had a device that Tony had seen old people used to pick up things from the ground. By squeezing the handle, the clamps at the other end would close. Poncho handed Tony the fishing net. He pointed to a garbage can with a lid on it. He looked at Brad, “Could you take the. It’ll be late in the season before I get out of here, and I don’t want to spend the winter down here.”We continued for about an hour talking and getting to know each other better. I told her that I had planned on returning to my mountain. And I had just asked her about her plans when all hell broke loose. There was a major commotion in the hallway. Women yelling and shouting.Suddenly my door burst open.There standing in all her fiery magnificence was Mary Reynolds, my ex-wife.“Matthew, tell. As it is, I have a few hours to work before Sam gets up, and Grandpa comes over.When everybody gets up, they somberly lounge around in the living room. I try to spend some time with them, but it is too depressing, so I go back to my room to work. I phone the funeral parlour and make the final arrangements.Thursday, people start to arrive for the funeral. Thursday night, I answer the door. Donny and family are standing there with luggage in hand. I laugh, and they look at me with puzzled. As my eyes traveled upward, I had to do a doubletake. Something about her makeup, demeanor, expression or some combination of those aspects had totally transformed her from the delicate, demure flower of only moments before, to a confident, dangerous dragon-lady!As if reading my mind, Fang placed the black leather bag she carried on the floor beside me and asked, "I am a good actress, am I not, Hank the Handyman? All this time I will bet you thought me the subservient one. I saw you get excited.