He reached to the night stand for his gun before recalling with a curse that he had left it in the living room. Before he could think of any other cou...se of action, his bedroom door banged open and Mark walked in."Rise and shine, lover boy," Mark called out boisterously. He didn't seem especially surprised to see Mia occupying the bed. "I used the keys you gave me so I could water your plants while you were on vacation to get in. Hope you don't mind." Mark?!" Yep. Mark," Mark said in the tone. I looked over the side again and realized that it wasn't water below us. Instead, it seemed to be some sort of black goo that was bubbling.Our party made it to the door, and I heard Cap yell, "Doc, you're up, Kid help him out. We will back the two of you up." I followed the doctor to the wall and watched as he traced his fingers over it and muttered to himself. After a brief pause, he turned to me and said, "This is some sort of puzzle. When I point to a section, I need you to put your palm on. Her short skirt barely covered her ass and her halter top was cut low enough to show off her shapely breasts. She turned around and noticed that her back did not have an ounce of fat. It did have a few stripes of a beating that she had received recently but then she knew that it was a good thing. Men invariably liked marks on the bodies of girls. She turned around again and saw that the halter top came well above her hips and gave more than an ample hint of her flat stomach. The sleeveless. What's the point of advertising on Craigslist if you're gonna ignore all the applicants?" Well, remember what Dad said. It's all about networking." Yeah, my dad said that too. But that doesn't help me. I'm a musician, I don't have connections in the business world. You at least have Dr. Polkiss and Dr. Leyton to give you references." Remember when ... remember before we got married? When we thought it'd be so simple? I feel like I've grown up more in the last two years than the whole rest of my.