If they break through it’ll get ugly and messy in here fast!’ The old veteran had been in more than one tight place before and he continued to coo...ly issue out additional orders to the remaining guards. The guardsmen and women hastened to their assignments, with most of the rest left downstairs not given any other specific orders took this time to load and prepare for firing all of the remaining collection of assorted battered and mostly obsolete pistols. Another trio of vigiles went to assist. However, I was asked to continue my efforts to assist the police department for now. Hell, I was in no hurry to go back to school until exam time and graduation, so I stuck with Sam. The word was that I was going to receive an A grade in all of my subjects, no matter what I did when I took the exams. That certainly was fine with me, so I just went with the flow.Just before classes were ended for the day, I got a call from Sam that a flock of harpies were hanging around the high school. I. The young woman made me wait in her well-furnished sitting room and then produced a most entertaining entrance, dressed in well-studied dishabille from her silk-clad toes to her carefully coifed hair-do with its dangling curls. She offered me her hand, and I stepped right up to her, grabbed her by the back and buttocks and planted a open-mouthed kiss on her pouting lips, lapping at her tongue. She gasped, snarled, struggled and then put her arms about me and ground her belly against me. I had. Reluctantly she unwrapped the gift, she opened. The didn’t touch it or take it out to inspect it. Just stared emotionless. She closed the box, set it on the table and slid it back. “Thanks” She said sarcastically. “Another part of my life I left behind four years ago.” I didn’t understand, “Dale, I haven’t picked up a violin since high school.” She said sharply, tears filling her eyes. The rest of the dinner I tried my best to explain myself and my reasons for letting her go. Everything fell on.