It was vital to maintain a reputation as a fun bar through the rainy season. On 28th September, the 2006 rainy season reached its nadir. Typhoon Milen...yo made landfall on the east coast of Luzon, and by ten-am, it was traversing Manila itself. Angeles, 70 km to the north, was swept all day by gusting winds, and inundated by torrential rains, which drummed loudly on corrugated iron roofs. Gutters overflowed, and water spouted from all four corners of every roof. The unmade roads turned into mud. When I turned around to see who it was, I saw Rhonda coming toward me pulling her dress over her head and letting it fall to the pavement.Once she was at my car, she said, while she was catching her breath, "Kim, don't pay any attention to Stacy, she can be a bitch at times. I don't know what conference she was at but I don't remember seeing any of those signs she was talking about. But she was right about one thing, there wasn't anyone there last month that was naked. But I am almost certain. Carol froze at that statement. I wonder how many more mornings do I have? she thought.“Well, could you if it was someone besides me?” she whispered.“After last night, I could not for anyone. Regardless.”“Well, you will probably have a lot of opportunities in the future to get some variety,” Carol said, with a small smile.“I don’t want to.”“Honey, you have to. I don’t know how long this life here will last. And I don’t know how long I want it to last either.”“Carol...”“Shh. Listen to me. David. Let me explain...”She glanced at Bobby and said, “Please help me fill in anything I miss.” Bobby nodded and Katie continued. “You both know our neighbors, Jason and Frances Reid and of course their son Joey.”“Certainly,” her mom said.“He’s a detective and she’s a nurse,” her father added.Katie nodded and went on, “What you don’t know, and what I didn’t know until a couple of days ago is that Frances is Bobby’s older sister.”Her mother gasped while her father just grinned and mumbled, “Damn.