The council agreed with the overall plan, but we wanted some covering guards along with Doug and Gus. Alice and I were tired of sitting on our asses, ...o we elected ourselves as the guards. The AK-47s were available, so we did not need anything else to do the job.Two days later, we rented a dark blue van and loaded up for the trip to Long Island. Alice drove while I rode shotgun. We were all wearing our dark working clothes, and we would apply face blackening paint once we passed the last toll. Or swept neatly under the carpet if she wasn?t.Fourteen weeks, and not a dickie bird from her.I take another drag, surveying the cramped space that houses the sum totalof my worldly possessions. The majority I brought with me from BelvedereHouse: the posters of wildlife and prints of works by Monet, C?zanne andRenoir; the skirts, dresses, blouses, jumpers, shoes, boots, accessoriesand jewellery I inherited from the previous Ruth; the array of powders,paints, lotions and other beauty aids set. ‘You’re a real lover! Shall we go back to your place?’ Gryphon felt thoroughly helpless and completely manipulated, but she nodded. ‘Yes, I’d enjoy that,’ she admitted sadly. The fact that Gryphon lived so close to the main drag where the prostitutes hung out was seen as a great boon to Chastity who took very little time in persuading her teacher to let her use her flat to bring her clients back. At first Gryphon made an effort to be in whenever Chastity announced that she’d be back for a. Liz will be shown how to hook and unhook the sling. Probably by this time next week, you can have it unhooked for a few minutes at a time – for showering and changing clothes.”“Until then?” I cut in.“Until then ... you can’t,” Sondra said with a shrug. “Your upper arm is still restricted. We put a waterproof shell around the cast. You can wear it into the shower.”“Not if I can’t get my shirt off,” I noted. I glanced downward and saw the hospital gown was just drawn across my shoulder.“Skye and.