”He smiled, “only in the three years since I have been on the squad we have never been called when the bastards were not armed.”He stood, “tak... the rest of the day off. Buy a second pistol, I would recommend another Murphy. There is a gunsmith out on the east edge of the city called O’Bryan. They have good weapons and he will let you make payments. Get a good shotgun, one of the Sierra self loading with a ammo box would be best.”I nodded and stood, “where do I go tomorrow?”He stood and headed. There was nothing sexual about it at all but it was something I could check off as having done, letting somebody else hold it while taking a leak.I went back to watching the constant drips in my IV until I fell asleep again. This time, I had the weirdest dream I could remember as Nurse Valence made an appearance in it. She was injecting more fluid in my IV and leaned over to look at me. In my dream state, her cleavage rose up between the V-shaped top and her eyes locked on mine.She caressed my. "Okay, I was just thinking." Anyway, these researchers went all over the world and showed photos of naked or barely clothed women to males in a number of different cultures-from primitive to highly civilized. They asked questions about which of the photos the men found most desirable. The photos had been enhanced to look like the women in their communities or region. Skin and hair color, facial shape, height, and other features."Cathy laughed. "I'm learning to use PhotoShop. I can make myself. Switching to the other hand hecontinued, again and again he struck the smooth bark of the tall tree.He stopped only to call out her name.The young mother staggered and fell into the snow, her hands and feetburned from ache. As she was struggling to her feet, she thought sheheard something. Standing as still as the wind would allow she turnedher ear in the direction from which she thought she heard the noise.Her blond hair blew in disarray as tiny snowflakes pelted her soft skin.Again she heard.