When he asked that, I knew he hadn't heard about what happened in town"He doesn't want me to run for sheriff." Pa sounded as calm as could be."Well, i... he don't want y'alls runnin' for sheriff, you better not run. The man is mean; he is real mean I hear. People get hurt runnin' afoul of him."I laughed and told him, "Pa and I kind of whupped up a storm on him and his two bodyguards."The first I knew Ma had joined us was when I heard, "Don't say 'whupped, ' David."Pa laughed and said, "Martha. Mistress Kate said, "Alright my Pet the crowd is light, but the nightis young. You should do well. The barkeep has turned on the Genie Lamp.He wants you to be very productive. Do you under stand my Pet?"Lori said, "Yes my Mistress."Mistress Kate went on. "If the barkeep has touched your left shoulder,that means a cop is the recipient. The bar gets the price of the beerand you get nothing. Do you understand my Pet?"Lori said, "Yes my Mistress everyone else pays and the Cops ride forfree. Firemen. Chris put on the TV and was browsing the channels when one of those Soft Core jobbies caught my attention and I said lets watch this. They readily agreed it was cool with them. We got a little more buzzed and each of us had our own little running commentary on the movie. I placed my head in Chris's lap for awhile so he could massage my scalp. After a few minutes of me groaning good ole Frank asked if he could work on my feet. Sure, why not I thought. Chris is ultra cool with so many things so. I looked along the street just as the tail of a red car disappeared around the corner at the lights. I didn't know automobiles enough to know if it was his or not.I didn't need to go to work; the world would keep spinning about its axis without me; I could have gone back to bed and sleep. Standing, though, had shifted the weight of my bladder. I decided to see to it before bringing a cup of tea back to bed.I cruised his lounge room as the kettle came to a boil. It wasn't a room I was.