He sighed in frustration and leaned against his car. Apparently, she didn’t wait for him to get home before going to sleep. Not that he blamed her w...th all the late nights he had been working. Come to think of it, he had been barely able to kiss her goodbye this morning. He gathered his bag and other documents and fumbled for his keys. He opened the door and reached out for the switch and blinked when the lights flickered. And blinked again. Petals were strewn on the flower. The deep red of. I never in a million years thought any one Iknew would be on a site like that. He ended up letting me off the hook, or so Ithought. After talking to him on the phone He told me he was trying to teach mea lesson and that I should be more careful about posting things like that onthe Web. He was so nice, and genuine. His caring friend act was so convincing.I laughed it off and told him I agreed and understood but he didn't have toscare the hell out me.I started getting little emails from him. The morning after our dance lesson, I had discovered the record player was still turned on. Thank goodness Marcie had not noticed. Nor did she seem to notice. Both Ellen and I had slept in our clothes. She was in a contemplative mood. Ellen had found me in the greenhouse. Marcie made no move to separate us, she seemed to have been in a daze, we noticed and wondered if something had happened the night before. She had come home early and had proceeded directly to her room, thank goodness. We. Breathe now; hold it, sight on the door. Let it out and then back in, let out some then hold. There all three are out now, sight on the first, squeeze, ok, now reload; sight, breathe, hold, squeeze. Two gone now, third is still open, squeeze, bang, all three down for the count. Hold on, stay quiet, they can’t see you. Ok now there is chaos down there right now, move, and head back.Fred is in my head, “BOB where are you?”“I’m right here Fred, I’m back; how long this time?”“Bob you were gone for.