"May I open the drapes?" Anything you want, but try not to be disruptive."I opened the front drapes, noticed two side windows and pulled the curtains ...hen opened both of them. The room brightened, but it was a bare room, a cold room (if any room in the San Diego area was ever cold). There was an uncomfortable-looking sofa, two rather straight and rigid chairs, an oval coffee table with the current PMLA on it, a small bookcase. On the walls were a space heater, an enormous crucifix and a. She made him sign some sort of paper when she got her parents to kick in for the down payment, something about if they split she gets the investment he bought with it. The place is worth about a thousand times what they put up, it wasn’t a lot, but he told me he’s seen a lawyer and the guy says it’s likely to stand up. But she can’t leave him either because she can’t run the place, and if she sold she’d take a beating. Morris does pretty well, and he keeps her going in pretty good style.”“How. He carefully unlatched the doorand swung it inwards.The barn was empty inside except for a couple of animal paddocks, longsince vacated. They still faintly stank of manure and damp strawcovered the floor. Rivers stepped into the nearest paddock, treadingcarefully and fearing for his Italian leather shoes. He reached down,feeling amongst the straw, until his hand found a handle. He pulledit, hefting a large trapdoor open. Beneath was a grey metal coveringwith a small computer terminal. My mother is obcesed with putting things in her. What ever is it, as long as it can fit, she'll try to put in there.We've even tried to stop her on a number of occasions, but her need is so great that we've all given up. So now we just sit around the table, chatting like normal while we faintly hear in the background the squishy noises of mother pumping the pickle in and out.Another instance of my perverted mother is my and Brad's toys. It's not uncommon for me to have a barbie doll missing..