The deep colors of the rugs contrasted beautifully with the rich, dark depth of the maple and oak furnishings.Polina glowed as well. Rather than the s...ack-like dresses she had worn when they first met (perhaps, Bill had thought in a moment of snide bad temper, because her body was shaped like a sack as well) her clothing had grown more and more lovely as she had grown younger. This evening she wore a gown in various shades of red, from the palest pink at her shoulders to blood red at the hem. It. ”The guard puffed up his chest “that we do, we got real live dragons all rightee, ol Willy there he ain’t got the know how to get to um, but if ya was to come with me, well now I just might be lettin you see um” Lexi looked up at the guard with wide eye’s filled with admiration “could you really? ohhhh I do so want to see a dragon, are they terribly scary?” she said giving a little shiver, the guard grinned at Willy, Mac and Billy had made a few rude comments and headed for the tavern, “why. “No he wasn’t around,” Eddie said. “His car was gone to.”“What time did he usually leave the parking lot?” I asked.“He was usually gone sometime around 12:30 PM. It depends on how busy we are. The busier the later we leave because of the cleanup.”“Did Martin work there with you,” I asked.“When I came in at 4PM, he usually went home for dinner. He wouldn’t come back till it was time to close. If I got slammed I called him at home. He would come back to help out.”“So how long were you gone before. As I studied him, they pulled a head harness over my head and began totighten it. Before I could protest, a bit gag was shovelled into my mouth. Iturned my head and saw that we were connected to a small wagon. My fatherlooked at me. The disgusting look on his face was gone. It was almost as he wastrying comfort me, but I could not understand what he said. The female guard entered the cart and gave me a soft lash with a whip.It did not hurt as much as it surprised me. We started to walk. I.