" Ah, my favorite." Arnie put the tray down next to the sink. "Can Ihave a taste when it's ready?"Maggie shook her head. "This is for... upstairs, ...amon and the rest ofthem." Me and you'll have whatever's left," Jane said cheerfully."But there will be nothing left if we do not finish making it." Maggiereached into the cooler and retrieved a glass jar filled with a reddishliquid.Jane shook her head. "I still don't see how tomatoes and onions can bepart of a dessert." Because they can." She. Rose opened her eyes with amazement. There in front of her was a black Lab."Oh, Paul how did you know I wanted a dog and where did you get him?" asked Rose."We've been talking about getting a pet of some time, and I thought he would be the one," said Paul,"The boss asked me if I wanted to buy his dog because he's moving into a place where he can't have pets, so I bought him."Paul got up and gave her a kiss and said,"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear!" Thanks Hon, what's his name?" asked Rose."Max," said. The Vincennes ?Rage? legendary in the business circles he had once moved and something other men –and women- of substance had quailed before. But not her.He recalled an ancient Chinese maxim he had picked up in his previous life:?The happiest of men are those who choose to cut the claws of the she-demon rather than sharpen them.?Wise advice he wished he’d recalled earlier - though he suspected he would have found himself wanting the necessary wherewithal to implement it. For even at the. " I had not left her but she did not know that, I would never leave her tied up and alone. I looked at the clock it was 11:35 am. "Master please come back, I promise not to break another rule." she cried between her sobs.I sat quietly in the chair watching her cry. She would rock back and forth, sobbing and crying. Sometimes mumbling something, after a while the tears stopped and she sat there quietly on her knees. Her head bowed and her body broken. It was 12:05 she started to mumble that she.