You have such a lot to learn. Now, I'm not saying they aren't father and daughter, but if they are then we do not exercise judgement in our work here....We are paid to satisfy our clients, and they pay very well for our service, as you know. But I have learned that it never pays to question people too closely about their private lives, especially where sex is concerned. Sometimes a fantasy is so deeply ingrained that it effectively becomes a reality. Those little clues you picked up on suggest to. "OK. Here goes. I met this guy at a stock meetin' in Atlanta. He said he was recruitin' and needed someone in Australia."Well, I ain't never been in Australia, so he got my interest. He sounded like he were interesting in hirin' me, an asked if I had a passport. I tol' him yep, since I needed one for buyin cattle on my last job." But what was the job? What do you do?" Interrupted Weena.Charlie took another pull from the bottle and continued on, "Well, I punched cows most of my life. Ever since. “Excellent advice,” Sheila’s voice echoed from above as an “Amen brother,” sounded from below.Next time I talk to myself, I gotta remember to whisper.The winding descent into the cave took forever as terror and adrenaline compressed focus and extended my perception of time. The second hand on my watch refused to advance as moments oozed into minutes which stretched into hours.The clatter of scores of human feet pounding on the metal treads echoed like thunder from the musty-damp granite walls. It was my memory of the event from months before; also, the date and time were indicated on-screen right above the news ticker that was streaming across the bottom of the screen.This had taken place almost a year ago--well, seven or eight months ago, anyway. I looked out the windows and did not see the dull brown of the winter-dormant grass around the building, as it should be today in late November. Instead, I saw the smoothly-cut Zoysia grass and budding ornamental trees of mid-to-late.