Just let those girls play!” Heather joked, even as she gave me the receipt.“Yes, we want your last commission to be very fat indeed. But who will ...ing you up for yours?” I wondered, even as a very delectable young woman walked up with her employee badge, having just clocked in for her shift.“I think that we have our answer. Janine, meet Phil, my old flame, of all people. This is his girlfriend, Madeira. She’s from Manila in the Philippines. Phil, this is my supervisor, Janine. Yes, she outranks. Quickly she opened the heavy door and slipped inside, taking care to close it behind her.…02:10…The room was dimly lit, the atmosphere moist and warm. Holding her breath, she listened intently. Beyond her vision she heard a rippling of water, turning to a more pronounced splashing. As she peered towards the noise, she began to make out something emerging from the gloom. Something huge, twisted, and misshapen, pulling itself forward on glistening, throbbing tentacles. A pair of bottomless. She continued to lounge around the pool as the sun began to set. I watched several women get together with partners while their husbands lurked around looking for potential mates. I had a few of the women make their way over toward me but I just froze up each time I was confronted. I was all still new to all of this. Jake was still after my wife as he really wanted to try to hook up with her. He was still smarting from her demeanor toward him earlier as she had brushed him off several times. A. How could I know that they were thirsty?Part of my brain told me that it was simple logic. I had forgotten to add water to the farm. Knowing that, the logical conclusion would be that the ants must be thirsty.But another part of me ... well, it felt the thirst. And the feeling was coming from my room. I hustled the rest of the way up to my room."Sorry about that, guys," I muttered as I quickly filled the eyedropper and put an extra-large squirt into the sand. A new feeling emanated from the.