Joe and Ken were in shirts and ties, Doug in his class A uniform, and the ladies dressed up in nice dresses. Ashley was more casual, opting for a whit... blouse, Christmas vest, jeans, and the fur-topped boots she got while in Denver last year. Jasmine stopped short when a man wearing a pistol at his side walked from around the corner of the house. Ken recovered from his startle and mumbled to Jill, ‘I guess you weren’t kidding about security last night.’ She shook her head in response. ‘Sam!. My nails weremanicured and coated with clear varnish. Well almost clear. Just a hintof pink. My ears were pierced and studs fitted. "A lot of boys havepierced ears nowadays," Ann reassured me.Now the serious shopping started! I hadn't realised just how manycharity shops there were. I'd never really considered entering thembefore. And most of them seemed to be principally stocked with second-hand ladies clothes, generally at very low prices. Soon we had amassedalmost as much as we could carry.. This was around the 2nd week of July. I need to do this by the 23rd. I was so ready and getting myself worked up psychologically for the annual ritual. To be honest, just the thought of a piece of hard, cold steel blade entering my gut gets me to a point of insanityI stabbed myself twice last year, but it was so shallow. Would I be able to this year? As the day approached, I made a trip to the desert to scout out a proper and private location. Last year’s spot was compromised. I parked my car,. "Well that was quite the show, huh?" At that moment George came running back into the room. "Guess what, Johnny! Looks like your girlfriend is a fucking COP!"Fuck, fuck, fuck. Wrong time to be hand cuffed naked to a box in a room full of pissed drug lords! I swallowed hard, waiting for someone to say something.Ben let loose with a long, raucous laugh. Everyone looked at him like he'd lost his marbles."Johnny, you ignorant fuck," Ben bellowed, his laughter swelling into rage. "What have you.