This time, red light flashed from the gem lodged in the hour-glass. Instead of wincing from the light, I felt my body spasm and quiver, screaming in d...spair as my body re-molded itself and each cell began to shift and change. I felt myself black out to avoid the trauma of what was happening to my body and slumped into oblivion as I did."Arroofff?" I felt a cold nose nudge against my fur as my eyes opened and I sat up, stunned and confused at what had just happened. I stared up into the fluffy. She leaned against me gently.We continued our meal. It was delicious and I felt warmed by the company. We finished with pecan pie and coffee. We enjoyed each other's company. Dollars' leg was warmly against mine the entire time and I enjoyed the feeling.We took more coffee and went into the living room to sit. I had my arm around Dollars as we sat together on the couch.It was fully dark before we left. I shook hands with Mister Ingram and was hugged by his wife who kissed my cheek. They both. I forgot the other girl, this one needed some manners. She also had a better base to work off of. ‘Well, you’re not giving me much to go on here. What does she look like?’ ‘She’s wearing a black coat. Brown hair. Short.’ She spat every word with contempt and a sort of hiss. ‘I might have seen her,’ I said, as if remembering something difficult, ‘Yes! I have seen her.’ ‘Where?’ ‘I don’t know if I should tell you after you’ve been so rude to me, as you were obviously rude to her.’ ‘I have no idea. I guess the pimp you know... “Cocksucker.”“Why didn’t you? Kill him?”Well, this is the life I’ve chosen for myself. Standing in the sunshine on a pimp’s porch talking about murder.“Should have.”“Harold.”He sighed. Weight of the world. Frowned. Dropped his voice to almost a whisper. “Something about that cat. Not right. Not even for a Chink.”Columbo, who obviously hadn’t stopped the abduction, nodded.Two grown men. Harold tall, skinny and quick. Columbo, squat, thick and strong. Both had let Jin.