Frantically I fired two more arrows towards the charging birds, taking them from the side as they ran past me in the distance. My arrows both struck t...e same bird and it too dropped in a heap just feet away from Kola. At the same time as I had fired, Kola had let loose with her hunting bow again, this time targeting a bird charging from her left. As her arrow flew from her bow and struck the bird, Kola threw herself in the opposite direction, in hopes of avoiding the animal as it plunged by. It inevitably led into a row that ended incomplete when he shut down at her mention of some independence, a bank account of her own perhaps, a life that wasn’t solely wrapped around him and the kids. Bill couldn’t see that Jean needed something else, something that took her away from the house, away from family matters, away from total immersion; he refused to believe she would need to be someone other than Misses Gallaher, house wife; he would refuse to continue the argument as soon as she got. "It was remarkable how her heart, and in fact her whole body, could fill with instant love and sexual hunger for Mavis, while she had just been dreamily remembering Ada's wonderful voluptuous naked body and groans of helpless rapture. You are a slut, Laura, she told herself. Big news."In fact, I did. I got one on my butt. But it's almost gone. Look, I got a chance to get over there. Tomorrow, in fact. My mama ain't gonna be home tomorrow night until eight. I could come right over after. Bottoms asked, "Are you sure you want to dothis Paul?" Yeah. I'm sure."As Paul placed the receiver on the cradle he thought, "Maybe I'll onlyget a touch of diarrhea. Or maybe nothing at all."***Two days later Andy Bottoms visited Paul. He was accompanied by aplain-clothes correction officer. Bottoms opened his briefcase andretrieved several forms which he handed to Paul. "They're just medicalauthorizations and consent forms Paul. They basically say what we'vepreviously discussed. You'll need to.