..Life goes on, Herman took over Betty's garden and one day asked me what was going to happen to Betty's house. He was asking because his sister wante... to come to Pebble Beach, if Betty's place was available he would like to put her name up for approval.I sounded out a few of the townsfolk as to what normally happened when a house became available. The odd occasion in the past was to put any requests in a hat and draw one out. I put the word around that Herman wanted his sister's name to be. Like Seth, he said no sex, just cuddling. We kissed for a while, removed our underwear and cuddled naked for the night. Mike walked in at 7:30 and woke us up. He had work to do by people with strong backs and weak minds, and he couldn’t think of anybody better qualified. Charlene would tell us what to do. “Did somebody die?” asked Jay. Mike was in dress shirt and slacks, coat and tie. “Not yet,” replied Mike. “I have an 8:00 meeting with the Dean, then 8:30 with the sheriff’s deputy and the. It had begun when he asked about her husband. What line of work was he in? Oh, he traveled a lot? Was he away now? Did she feel lonely sometimes? Before long, he had mentioned their little Murakami joke and then they were talking about something that had nothing to do with art exhibitions. Today, she would say, their conversation had been fifty percent work-related and fifty percent flirtatious.This was going to be tricky, she knew. She feared neither of them would be strong enough to resist. "Stop, you bitch! That phone is worth its weight in gold! I won't let you harm it!"She caught me just as I was reaching to open the microwave's door. "Let me go!" I cried as she grabbed my hair and snapped my head back."Gimmie that fucking phone!" my doppelganger screamed.We fought in the kitchen. I had the phone tight in my grasp, but Wilma struggled to get it from me. "I'm a citizen again!" she gasped, while trying to get an arm around my throat. "You will not stand in my way!"I was barely.