One of his claw-like hands grasped my wrist and pushed me toward a grove of trees just off the road. "That wife of mine thought I was gone up the cree.... Thought I'd be gone all day." He cackled again and spit. "Hell fire, I know what she's up to and don't give a damn neither."I opened my mouth to say something, but thought better of it and stayed quiet. I was in no position to argue."Didn't figure I'd find Nat's niece slinkin' round my house, though." He saw my look of surprise and nodded. "Oh. He's the right man for the job, because he won't tolerate any funny stuff from Dave with regards to alcohol."May 24, 1983Right after practice the next day, I cornered Dave as he was putting his stuff away."So tell me this," I said to him. "What was your SAT score back in high school?"He regarded me with a look of utter confusion."Is this some sort of a trick question?" he finally got out."No, not at all." I don't remember," he said dismissively, turning around and resuming his disassembling. I’d been wearing pumps earlier, but I’d kicked them off a while ago, not really seeing the need to torture my feet the entire night. So dressed as I was, with plastic pumpkin full of goodies in hand, I peered out through the spy hole, just to make sure it was costumed monsters and not the real thing… Oh, the sight that greeted me. Two of the sexiest girls I’d ever seen dresses up as cops. They wore matching uniforms which I was pretty sure weren’t regulation. Mini dress dresses with brass. .. it's enormous." The Lord was kind to me," he said."Very generous, maybe too generous," Warren added laughing at this turn of events."Hmmmm," Eppy said looking at both girls."I have an apartment nearby," Warren offered. "Perhaps we could all go there and continue the party. After all Eppy needs to relax after working so hard." He emphasized the word 'hard.'"That's a good idea," Judy said. She was elated at the possibility of having Eppy's tool ramming into her. Nancy secretly shared that.