I knew that the position was mine for my junior and senior years, as long as I didn't screw up somehow.When I got to the first practice, I was surpris...ed to discover that I was one of only two sophomores on the varsity team. In addition, one of the backup keepers was a freshman I only knew slightly. He was Kristina Mendoza's brother, Jorge. Like Kristina, he had been playing year-round soccer for years in Texas. The other sophomore was Eric Johnson, a teammate from my club soccer team. Eric won. During all their Christmas performances, including the televised one, Eloisa and her back-up singers remained completely naked except their collars. In spite of their contribution to the nation's Christmas celebration, the five young women were criminals, still subject to the laws that denied them the privilege of wearing normal clothing at any time during their sentences. When they finished, always to loud applause, the five lead singers, as well as the men who were playing the instruments,. If I lived in the house, no one would suspect a thing. The bank agreed to give us a small loan to get started and Toby and I checked into small business grants. We still worked at the store but spent the hours before our shift started getting the restaurant fixed up. One of our former co-workers now owned his own construction business we hired him to do most of the repairs to the restaurant and house. As for the inside, Toby and I did most of the furnishing and decorating ourselves. We were. I took the old knives because I know Judy never used them. Out in the garage refrigerator, I pulled out a full eighteen pack of beer, along with an opened case of water bottles. That should be fine. I went through the freezer and decided there was nothing there I wanted, then remembered I had the Beefeaters under the sink. I didn't drink that much except beer, but I took the Beefeaters and the Scotch.The truck and trailer were loaded, so I made the trip up to the trailer park to empty the house.