Despite the calm and quiet in the house - the loudest sound being the grandfather clock ticking away softly in the hall - Darlene sensed Paul's tensio... ramping up by the minute. And although she and the other girls had politely given him his space by returning to their previous activities, Darlene kept a surreptitious eye on him out of genuine concern for his wellbeing.At some point Arlette silently rose and disappeared into the back of the house. Paul jumped when she suddenly reappeared beside. The U-Haul van was already parked and open with Mark carrying boxes into the back. We said our hellos and Karen came out wearing some cutoff jean shorts that showed her legs off nicely and a tank top that showcased her boobs. She was still nice to look at, but somehow she looked a little less awesome today. ‘Where do you want us to start?’ Dave asked. The rest of the morning was filled with moving furniture, sweating, swearing and a slowly filling truck. Karen’s parents were there and we all. But wait... if there is still liquid sap coming from deep inside the spadix, why did the secretions between the plant's phallus and my vagina turn into glue? And why didn't the sap and gunk that I swallowed make my throat glue shut?"Maybe it's reacting with something in my vaginal juices..." I whisper.To keep from panicking, I close my eyes, take a deep breath and exhale nice and slowly. Think of a solution... Think of a solution...Solution... Solvent solution...The slickness that came out of. We'd been riding since late morning withoutmuch luck. We passed a grove of apple trees, but it was May. You can'teat blossoms, no matter how good they smell. We hadn't seen no animalbigger than a squirrel the whole damned day, and, personally, I'd eatenmore than enough squirrel stew, thank you very much.Now the sun was getting low. Mick O'Bannon said we should head back tocamp. "Maybe somebody else found something," he said, "and if not, well,hardtack and salt pork is better 'n' nothing." .