By the time Dad and I finished spackling the holes, Sarah Lynn and Charmaine were in the first bedroom sanding the rough edges and running the vacuum....Dad and I set up the step ladders and I started with the ceiling. I hadn’t noticed how dingy it was until I put a fresh coat of ceiling white on. I was just thankful that it was only lightly textured and not one of those popcorn ceilings they say are illegal now. Something about Styrofoam or asbestos or something.I moved the stepladders and plank. “I’m Jane Pendleton.”Mindy’s face took on an aspect of wariness. Jane, who had made some correct assumptions, based on faulty information, “blundered” further down the path she was on. She assumed the woman was angry at the Pendleton family.“We’re so sorry this happened,” said Jane, stepping right up to the bed. “I’m sure it was an accident. Bobby said he might have tripped you. He didn’t mean to, of course. He said he was dozing and you woke him up and he jerked.”The wariness became confusion.. I lose my balance, and fall forwards into her. I drop the soap, and she moves her foot as she also loses her balance. Her foot lands on the soap, and she lets out a cry of dismay as her leg loses its purchase, and she slams into the wall. The momentum carries me into her tail – specifically, my balls into her tail. I release a wordless cry of pain, slumping against her as I grit my teeth, her wings fluttering in frustration and slapping against my chest, as they are currently trapped beneath. Luckily the waves helped to push them towards the beach and when he could stand, he lifted her up and did a quick check, there was no blood or missing limbs, so he helped her onto the beach where she sank down onto the sand. She was younger than Steve, he guessed her to be fifteen or sixteen, the bikini left most of her body bare and he had to admit that she looked great, definitely a very serious sporting lady or just a fitness freak. She coughed a few times and pushed the hair which have.