Politicians disgust me." Janet powers and her cameraman were taking in every word and action. Dana was well aware of that fact. It actually was a part...of her strategy.Shaking his head, Will James led them back up to their suite, Janet and her ever-faithful cameraman tagged along. As soon as they entered Dana said, "Shut off the camera." He did so. "This is completely off the record. Do you both agree?" They nodded affirmative."Jimmy, er, Mark, look outside the door." He did. No one was. I was wearing just such an outfit last summer when I went grocery shopping at my usual store. I like shop- ping there, and had become familiar with one of the bag-boys. He was 17, tall, a red head and lanky. I noticed he always made an effort to be the one to bag my groceries and take them out to my car. He told me about his new motorcycle, and that he was going off to college in September. That’s when I started seeing him as a young man and not a kid. I also got the feeling he had a. ”“I’m great, champ. Are you okay? That was a rough session.”“I’m fantastic! I’ve never felt better in my life.”“Are you sure? I don’t want to make you comfortable.”“You could never make me uncomfortable. I love pleasing you.”I rose up and gave him a small kiss on his lips and after a brief glance, he drew me in closer, and for the first time, returned my kiss, with a passion and power I had never experienced before. He rolled over on top of me and continued kissing me, rubbing his hands all. While they were distracted I got the last three snakes out, holding their heads in one hand, twirling them like a lasso before letting go. They landed in the clump of men, madder than hell and happy to have something to lash out at. Two more got bit before they killed one and the others slithered away. I slipped back up the trail, knifing the guard as I passed. He shoulda been better at his job. I bet they didn’t sleep much that night.We settled down to sleep a few hours. When I woke up Elsa.