"What's wrong?" They shaved your eyebrows off." What?" Clarence screamed as Melanie's panicked hands reached for his.Melanie looked over Clarence's re...r as she untied his hands and said ina trembling voice, "It doesn't look like they...oh, god, thank you." Thank you?" Clarence replied."Oh, I'm just glad they didn't, well they didn't that's all thatmatters." I don't think you properly concerned with what they did do," Clarencesaid as he pushed himself upright."I know. I know. This just could. Later, when the sun had sunk below the tree line, the young dog woke with a start, jogging Rufus from his light doze.“Tell me a story Uncle?” Rufus wasn’t related to the young gun, but the title Uncle had been given to him in some bygone age and it had stuck. “Tell me the one about you and the girl.”“Ahh! Those were the days, but I already told you that one. I did promise to tell you how I became alpha male for a while and got… well I don’t want to spoil the story. Comfortable?”The younger dog. I have an insurance bill I forgot about that’s due this week, but the rent checks aren’t due until the week after. I was about a hundred short and didn’t know where the funds were coming from. Those winnings will pretty much cover it.”Glenn patted his lap and Sierra shifted to sit on it. He put his arm around her and caressed her cheek. Then he lifted her black-rimmed glasses from her face. “It’s not a strong prescription you wear. Do you need these?”“They’re to correct rather bad astigmatism. I moved across the room to see if I could find Kathy, who for sure would want to go home by now. As I did, I approached closer to the big screen. From the speakers came a man's voice, and I suddenly realized it was Vince's voice. Then, as I looked at the video, it appeared that a professional cameraman was shooting the scene, as the perspective turned and Vince's face came into view. The camera zoomed in for a close up on Vince's face, and as he spoke, I realized he was speaking directly to me..