”“You can see the house.”Vanessa had recently moved to a bigger place and was getting very settled there.Just then the sky started to roar, and ...rain came pelting down. The pair ran for cover but there weren’t too many shop doorways to shelter them. Vanessa felt the rain running down her legs and her feet getting wet as the water splashed against them. Stephen saw a taxi with a light on and flagged it down. Soaked through they jumped in.Stephen ran his hands along Vanessa’s wet legs. Not wearing. Tom watched as Sally Mae prepared another mare.The three mares were bred that afternoon and Tom was glad to get this much behind them, now if the other two mares were brought to the stables they’d be on the way once again.The next day at noon Tom stood at the kitchen table as Maria counted out one thousand dollars on the table. He gathered the money, and thanked the sisters.At two o’clock that afternoon Tom stood at the window of the station once again. He showed the man his paper and was told. Would she be glad to see me? I was maybe about to find out.I pulled into the parking lot and parked in the rear. My luck, good or bad was holding, Marie's car was parked two rows up from where I'd pulled in. I knew her plate number by heart, and I recognized it before I even got close. Was she alone or did she have my wife with her. I froze.Just as I got close to Marie's car two naked feet planted themselves on the rear side window. The sounds of fucking were audible even with the windows. Disturbed by Fred's actions, Sid asked, "Who made you my food taster?" I did," Fred answered without embarrassment or apology. He popped a piece of cheese in his mouth."I don't want you to do that for me," Sid said frowning.Fred swallowed, shrugged his shoulders, and then replied, "You may not want it, but I'll do it anyway. I'm your sworn man and I shall do what I feel is necessary to serve you."Dragos nearly dropped his maps at hearing that Fred was Sid's sworn man. He stared at Sid.