“Hell, girl, I dunno. Those birth control things... Don’t they mess with your biology or whatever?”“Dad, if they’re not safe, they wouldn’... be available right?”“I guess.”“They don’t feel right dad. Have you ever worn them?”“No, I- Ah shit. I guess you’re right there.” Jake’s heart pounded hard. Something about this ‘talk’ felt highly charged with sexual undertones. Or was it just him? He tried to be the mature one here.“Honey, listen, I love you more than anything in the world, but your mom had. He was naked, and he had a sort of collar wrapped around his balls. Hanging from that collar was a cloth sack containing what seemed like a bowling ball. While Jack stood there gawking, the woman lifted her foot up and tapped the ball slightly with her toe, sending it swinging gently back and forth.Next, was a woman laying on her back on a low wooden platform with her feet hanging over the ledge. Jack almost puked when he saw her feet, for they were all slashed and blistered. One of her toes. ‘I was court side..’ ‘Oh, so you must have money then.’ We both laughed now. ‘I checked the prices for my relatives to come see a game. And woo.. prices are sky high.’ I braced my elbows on the wooden counter. ‘What are you doing here then?’ I said. I noticed she hadn’t changed really. She wore a light blue track jacket with the team logo on it. She still had her shorts and sneakers on. I also noticed she had a duffel bag under her seat. ‘I’m sorry for being a human being who likes to enjoy. "He's called Tommy, short for Thomas. But we'll get to that. Have you found any other artifacts, other than the key? Have you had any accidents with clothes or other things as you searched the basement? Have you found the off shoot tunnel to the stairs and dead end at the top?" Sarah was puzzled, how did this woman know all that? Had her mother told her enough about the house for her to guess the sequence of events that had been happening? After a moment of thought she replied."Do you believe.