"I handed each of them a scrap of paper. "Write the size of your biggest on here and your name. Then give it back to me."They quickly scribbled number... on the paper and shoved them back to me. I went through them one by one. The shortest I beat by four inches, the longest by nearly two."Ladies, you all lose. Let's go somewhere so you can verify and pay. Your lunch is on me." I dropped enough money to pay for their meals twice and they followed me out.There was a nice little motel two buildings. It's not a big deal,i said.You helped me,i helped you.Nothing else.I said Then our talk drifted to more casual channels.She asked me if i had a girlfriend.I said yes,back in India.But also added,that i'm in an open relationship. She told me that she had a couple of serious relationships before & she feared starting a new one since then.We had been talking for hours now & were getting both more comfortable & bold discussing different topics.I decided to play a wild card. I asked her which was. Leaning down, I gave Shadow a rough pet and told him he was a good boy. “He was originally trained as a working military dog. We got together at the VA in Tacoma. The rest is history.” After checking Shadow’s food and water, I checked Margarite and Jughead. Adding hay and water as needed.“That’s a right pretty appaloosa, Matt,” Paul observed.“Yeah, I picked Margarite up from an old Indian horse trainer in Nevada. She was trained up as a cutting horse. She’s about the best I seen around cattle.”. Okay, I ‘got it’.” I laugh and grab the hose from Sherrie to inspect it. The rubber feels heavy and slightly bouncy, barely pliable. Sherrie rolls the tip thoughtfully between her fingertips.“My grandmother swore by this, when we’d all get sick,when we were young.I guess she still thinks of me that way. She used to give us olive oil enemas, when we looked like we were on the mend, to re-hydrate us and fortify us *haha*we dreaded it and pretend to be weaker and sicker when she was visiting. I.