Stepping toward the mound of ruined clothing, he glances over at the other nearly hysterical, painfully handcuffed woman, adding, ?Time to get you out...there with your friend, huh?? Swinging a partially broken wooden door open on its last squeaking hinge, he momentarily disappears before reentering toward the other woman with another old dog collar and rope in hand. Standing her upright as she’s still fully clothed in her wet riding apparel, he leads her toward the center of the barn,. The sun blazed across the sky with the temperaturein the low eighties. Melissa was fast asleep on a lie-low under a shadedcanopy having run herself ragged in the morning. Me and Debbie sat atthe garden table with a iced wine cooler enjoying a cigarette and aglass of wine in the afternoon heat."You got a party this weekend?" I asked."Yeah, Saturday night in Stirling," Debbie replied."How do you both cope with it?" I asked scraping some ash of the tip ofmy cigarette with the edge of the. For either of us."I looked at the wall between Eric and I whispering, "Good bye, Eric. I'll always love you." Yeah, I know it sounds kind of corny, but then you weren't there in my shoes.I wiped both my eyes again before I opened the door to leave.Just before I closed it behind me, I said "Goodbye, Spanky," to Mr. Roberts.I always wondered what his face looked like after using that nickname. I had reminded 'Spanky' that I knew he had not stayed straight. Only his brother ever called him that,. Just get here, you should see this place it’s great. We have our own pooooo…" She trailed off. To her surprise, the pool was being cleaned as she stood in the doorway completely naked. “Are you okay?” I inquired.“Ohhh, ah yeah. Sorry. I got surprised by my reflection in the window when I opened the shades. Just get here as fast as you can. Fuck the coffee. We’ll get some later.” “Are you sure you’re okay?”“Very, I am going to lay out by the pool and get some sun to wake up. I don’t need.