That's entirely THEIR fault." Alan did his best to keep us from it," Jason said. "Said it was just too big a difference in our ages."Burt blew tea out... of his nose and struggled to stop coughing. When he regained his composure, he looked at me. "Seriously Alan? Don't tell me you actually had the gall to say that? Mister "I married a high school girl" himself." Look," I laughed. "I got that same reaction from Susan AND my wife." And Susan said they weren't as subtle as YOU are, Burt!" Jason. "She almost threw the mirror in her hand at him. "Get out of here!"Chad quickly retreated back to his own cubicle. What was eating hertoday? Okay, maybe she had a right to be angry at him, but he stillcouldn't explain anything to her. The last thing he wanted anyone elseto know was about the diapers he had on under everything else... or evenabout the bet itself! He supposed he'd just have to keep givingeverybody the impression that Robin already had. He smiled to himself.It was somewhat. "Lisa, there were two SUV's and seven got out. I'm shooting tires. They aren't friendlies. Be ready for trouble."I shifted to single shot and put a bullet in each tire I could see. The seven coming toward the house stopped and went to ground. I heard Ted's voice. "Drop your weapons! Come toward the house with your hands empty and raised high. This is the police." One man popped up with his rifle and I dropped him dead. We waited. I had moved a bit thinking that we had at least one unaccounted. Then nodding her satisfaction she instructed the nurse to apply fresh dressings and left the room. Once again that night, Maria cried him self to sleep. He couldn't believe that Tricia would allow something as grotesque as this to happen to him. He'd had no illusions about her feelings toward him, he knew she wasn't exactly in love with him, but he never suspected she held him in such low esteem she would have something like this done to him. He was made to stay at the 'clinic' for almost a.