They were scavenging for food which is why I brought the garbage inside before bedtime. You’re fortunate you weren’t bitten when you screamed’ ...e continued scolding her ‘Let alone falling in and breaking your neck. To make matters worse you went outside without your flashlight. You don’t know this place as I do. We’re out in the middle of nowhere. The nearest hospital is 50 miles away. We discussed this and you agreed.’ ‘Are you angry with me, sweetheart? I didn’t realize about the animals. That would suck.”“Speaking of Chicago,” he said. A woman stood beside her sort of car parked in front of Joanne’s house, frowning at him.“Who’s that? She’s stunning.”“Even annoyed,” he chuckled.“You know her?”“That’s Caroline. The photographer. Maxine’s lover from Chicago.”“Another photographer for my bedpost.”“We’ll see,” he laughed. “We’re just engaged, and you’re already looking elsewhere.”“Who wouldn’t? She’s gorgeous.”“Yes she is.”Caroline leaned against her El Camino. It had become a cool. The first day we went to a lantern festival and ended up doing a lot of walking looking at the Chinese Lanterns and walking through-out town. It was February and rather, a cold and wet miserable day and since I was coming from the tropics I really wasn’t dressed for winter weather. We ended up staying at the Festival a little later than planned and didn’t arrive to our guesthouse until about 9:00 pm. We were happy to hear the hot springs were open until midnight. After an hour plus bus ride,. I was honed and tanned from working construction and a week's vacation in the surf. The young women, smelling sweetly of oil and girl sweat, eyed me appreciatively and murmured apologetically as they were pressed backwards even more tightly against me as more passengers got on. The bus started up once more, making its swaying, rumbling way down the beach, the back of the bus very warm from all the perspiring bodies. I had become distinctly aware of the pressure of the dark-haired girl's.