It was as if she were suddenly alone in the room with her sister's voice coming from a shoe held in playful pretending at her ear."Myrna, what's wrong..." Oh Amanda! I don't know what to do. This child has cost me my act and yet I can't tame her. I don't know what to do." I know about the lions, dear; and I'm grief stricken. But just hold on and I'll be there shortly. Oliver called--" Myrna cut in."You're coming here? Oh, thank God! But what should I do with Joan until you get here?" How is she?". .. better than I figured they would? Sorta?” It was true. The whole night felt like it was building into a nasty battle, but through it all, Jacob hadn’t even taken a swing at Avery despite her prodding.The more he talked with Avery, the less he liked her. Confident as fuck, and more than willing to get physical about it, even against a crazy bastard like Jacob. She seemed like she was trying to keep her pack safe, to take the hit for them; Clara taking the punch was a perfect example of what. I can do a little Foxtrot or a two-step sometimes but I don't know how to swing."Bill laughed."Maurice, I'm not talking about dancing when I talk about swinging. I'm talking about wife-swapping. We're a tight-knit group here, Maurice, and we always take care of our own." Oh," was all that Maurice could mutter."Don't you think that my wife, Tiffany, is pretty?" Gee, Mr. Tyndall, I mean Bill," Maurice stuttered once again. "She's very pretty." We both swing within the group. I enjoy the company. I had just the thing for that spot. I'd install it later.I took a long shower. The shower was tile floor to ceiling. There were a total of six shower heads in it, two on each of the three tiled walls. Three were about 5 ft. from the floor and the other three were at 6 ½ ft. from the floor. I'd never seen the shower heads like those. They pulsed and rotated at the same time. Man, I could get used to that shower! Fifteen minutes later I was clean AND very relaxed.Since I didn't have company, and.