Jay had to stop and speak ever once and a while to relatives that were leaving. It was just past 12:15 when Jay said he was heading home. I watched as...he drove out of the parking lot and then headed inside the center. Ms. B was the only person left in the building. She was cleaning up from the party."Do you need any help?" I asked.She answered, "That would be nice."I started helping Ms. B taking down decorations and moving chairs. Ms. B did not say anything the whole time. We finished cleaning. So he needed a way out other than turning in everyone he knew. Luck hadit his boss liked rare and odd things, that's where the orb came in. Hetook it well in advance, along with setting up the apartment, so itwould be harder, if not impossible, to track him down after he took themoney.He left everything behind after emptying his own bank account, didn'ttake anything from his apartment just to be safe and to be even safer hedidn't store anything, too. Mostly he wanted it to look like. " Mary added as she too was feeling the water. We all then took turns doing the same thing. As we stood there drinking from our water bottles and looking in awe at the swimming hole, Di spoke. "You know, it feels like a hundred degrees out here. I bet we would dry off just fine without towels." She said pulling at the front of her blouse, releasing it's sticky hold on her body. "Yeah, but our clothes would dry stiff and chaff the shit out of us by the time we get back." I pointed out. "Well,. Kin ya hang around that long?" Shore I kin, Bill. I'm right happy fer ya both, an' I hopes it works out fer y'all. Ya knows I gots no place I needs ta be anytime soon, soz I kin easily stay iffen y'all want me ta."Mary said, "Oh, Hank, please stay. We both want ya around."Hank grinned and said, "Y'all have really got my interest up. Ya couldn't drive me off with a stick! Of course, I'll stay."Mary went to her room to get dressed, and the two friends sat on the veranda to wait for her. Bill.