It drew like a champ.They laid the mattresses on the new Big Bed, brought out the cushions that had been in the breakfast nook at North College. Then ...hey went upstairs and roughed in a partition on the western end of the main room. It was to separate their gallery from the living room. They planned to keep their latest works there and set up a small office. Later in the week, they hung Sigrid's picture on the finished wall. The sofa and chairs took over the space in front of the upper. Our legs were also somewhat cramped from being forced into that awkward bent position for the bumpy wagon ride from the jail. So there was some degree of stumbling and staggering on our part, complicated by the fact that we still had a short ankle chain hobbling us, making normal footsteps difficult. The two deputies and the Sherriff all had guns drawn, and were escorting us up the stairs, along with the Executioner, who was leading. Each time we tripped or hesitated, one of them would. I think that he is one of the football players that didn’t quite get his requirement in for graduation.’ Of course, Rebecca was planning to stay the summer, but this assignment was unwelcome. A summer of working on projects in the lab meant plenty of free time for bicycling around the nearby lakes, visiting her parents in Nassau County, maybe finding a new boyfriend. Besides, she didn’t like the ‘jock’ type. She didn’t know many of them, but she knew what they were like: beer guzzling brutes. 3 When the main floor was totally spic-and-span, I decided to go back upstairs and see how Bob was making out. As I'd been cleaning, I heard lots of shuffling around upstairs. He must have been moving a lot of stuff around. Climbing up the stairs in my new high-heels was challenging, but not nearly as nerve-wracking as going down them had been. When I reached the top, I could hear that Bob was in the spare room with the boxes of his daughter's clothes. I went down the hall and pushed open the.