‘How’s his dad?’ ‘I’m surviving.’ I said. ‘Thanks to all these guys. What are you doing up here?’ ‘I have an appointment with someon... later this morning,’ Molly said, ‘so I thought I’d stop by and see you guys.’ I could see Cindy out of the corner of my eye, she was as confused and surprised at Molly’s presence as I was. ‘Okay,’ I said, ‘Well, here’s a cup. Have some coffee.’ *BUZZ!* *BUZZ!* *BUZZ!* It was my personal cellphone. My nephew Todd was texting. ‘Hey guys!’ I said. ‘My nephew Todd. Actually, it was more like twenty minutes before she re-emerged, but the pause was valuable, and the transformation worth waiting for. In that time she had put on makeup - not her normal style, but it looked like she had been looking at these 'do your makeup like a porn star' things on line - deep red lipstick, lots of eye shadow - that sort of thing. She had found the G-string to go with the bra, plus fishnet stockings, suspender belt, and black platform boots - very high heels, and obviously. When she'd been in school, snakes had been about number 107 on her priority list, if it had been there at all. Now, she was even beginning to sound like this tall, bearded herpetologist, and maybe even think like him. There had been a window of opportunity with her, once upon a time, and he had taken advantage of it, but now it was probably closed. Well, that was life. Everybody changed. "It doesn't really matter," he said. "The fact that it came out of the sewer meant that it had been in the. She could already feel the warmth spreading through her hungry loins."I'm going to use this room for a studio. Everything is perfect just as it is." Ed was moving about the room like a master director, shifting a piece of furniture here, moving a lamp there, until he was satisfied with his arrangements. "Jimmy, give me a hand with this equipment, will you? You girls have another drink of wine and take it easy until we get everything ready!"Sandy and Lucy sipped another glass of wine and watched.