"Even if I was gonna try for sex, she won't want to now," I thought to myself. I sat on a stool and waited for her to finish her urgent business.Sever...l minutes later I heard the toilet flush. "Oh thank you," I heard her say as she entered the living room. I turned; the words "no" and "problem" ready to roll out coherently when my breath caught in my throat.The Joy who had entered my bathroom had been wearing nice jeans, a knit turtle neck pull over and a leather jacket. The Joy that stood. Jesus Miwhat a fucking mess. You can be a real piece of work you know. Fuck thatdeal was everything we ever dreamed and talked about." Yeah well if you want it take it, just find another guitar player."Jas heard and came running over. "Babes relax, we aren't getting anotherplayer. We are in this together but we need to talk. I mean we willnever even see this woman again, we will be using her money to get whatwe want, that's all. Jeez we don't have to deal with her we can leavethat all up to. .”“Stop it. You’re killing me,” as Khozem burst into laughter.“No, I’m being quite serious. Sound proof, electrified cages for all the criminals and the Jews. This will be the wave of the future. I will have the science department set it up for me.”“That’s good to hear.”Khozem chuckled as Dr. Farrukh turned the pages of his notebook to a clean sheet. The other professors soon wandered in, telling jokes and laughing. Khozem evil-eyed them for their lateness, and they quickly cut short their. She was getting on herself, being 62. But she was still in rude health, for the most part. She was out there helping in the fields most days.We moved the kids that weren’t hers to Fargo during the week when we finally figured out who Johnnyboy and Sally’s significant others were. The way the family had been brought up together and raised, I guess it was inevitable that things would turn out that way. What I mean to say is, they were each other’s. They were trying to keep it hidden because they.