Seeing this Dave placed his hand over her mouth, and only just in time as well,as the volume she put out as she came would have woken the dead in the ...hurchyard half a mile away. The builders took a break to recover their breath, and energy, leaving thegirl tied as she was for half an hour. When they returned it was to untie herand lead her back into the house and up to the bathroom where they had runa bath of hot soapy water. Removing the last remnants of her clothing theyplaced her in the. Bulldozers and gluttons are born under the Lion, and women and fugitives and chain-gangs are born under the Virgin. Butchers and perfumers are born under the Balance, and all who think that it is their business to straighten things out. Poisoners and assassins are born under the Scorpion. Cross-eyed people who look at the vegetables and sneak away with the bacon, are born under the Archer. Horny-handed sons of toil are born under Capricorn. Bartenders and pumpkin-heads are born under the. He nodded to her, then turned and knocked on Tina’s door. A few seconds later, Tina opened the door. Barefoot, and still dressed in her work clothes of slacks and pullover sweater, she seemed much younger and shorter than he remembered. They looked at each other briefly, then she said, “Hi.”“Hi. I got your note.”“Yeah. You want to come in?” Tina stepped back, and Sam entered the small foyer, and Tina closed the door on her landlady’s curious stare. “I’m glad you could come by.”Sam gave Tina a. I wasn't sure if I was happy aboutthat but was certain of one thing, Betsy was something I needed toreplace what I had with my lost wife.As the months continued, the covid started to phase out as well, andsoon we were getting back to some sort of normal. Betsy had moved allher things into my house which was a bit bigger, and sold hers. Theladies still came to my house as a group on a regular basis, probablydue to the cosmetic and hair styling things contained in the spare room.One of the.