I listened carefully to the sounds of the night. Even as I listened my hand moved closer to the Colt handgun. If it was to be close combat, the Colt w...s the weapon of choice. I could not imagine a situation in the dark calling for the long gun. I spent several minutes trying to place the sound. I couldn’t pull a similar sound from my memory. I knew it was buried somewhere in there but I had lost the key. The sound was far enough away so that I felt comfortable moving about in the dark. I found. Kate, the bar's Madame, came to the door."What do you want?" I heard you were hiring." We're always looking for talent. Ever performed before?" Er no." What's your name?" Mylene," I said."Wow! Your friend Marina told me about you. Wow she has really done ajob on you! I would like to see her perform here too - you tell her. Shelooks like she has real talent and could make good money." Er what did she tell you?" She told me that you are really a man and that you would be coming herelooking. "Lisa stepped around me quickly and swept Persephone into a hug. She planted a kiss on the girl that was soon returned. I was thinking that Persephone had just had another little orgasm. I wasn't sure about Lisa."Oh, I am so happy Lincoln chose you as his caretaker," Lisa said. "I love you already." I am speechless! I've never heard of an Earth caretaker; only of companions," Persephone said. Persey? I needed a shortened name for her."Well, I believe there will be one of those as well," Lisa. As the fall became winter, I became more and more obsessed with her and her routine. I even started feeling bad for her. I figured the divorce was difficult and maybe she didn’t have anyone around here to support her. Every once in awhile she’d have a small brush up with a neighbor and there would be more calls for her head.One Tuesday in October we got a freak snowstorm. Not a lot of snow but it also wasn’t expected. I went out and shoveled off my driveway and the sidewalk. I was talking to.