I'm not sure what we were thinking, exactly, but we at least wanted to see if the search turned up anything. When it didn't, we went back to him." Tog...ther," added Mrs. H.The two women had bonded early on, despite their separate relationships with the father of their girls, and their friendship deepened as the girls grew older. Neither woman was celibate. I knew Mrs. D continued to have relations with Mr. Z, somewhat to the consternation, or perhaps it was amusement, of Persephone, and I knew. Before he spoke a word, Dannie told him, "Hi, Fred. I know you want to make females have sex with you." But how did you know..." Fred replied.Dannie told him, "I'm a wizard in training. I should know about this stuff." She reached under the counter for a small pink vial. "Drink this, and I guarantee, you shall have sex with all the women you want." Thank you, madam. I shall enjoy this. How much?" Seven dollars and twenty-three cents."Fred reached into his wallet, and lo and behold, exactly. And make it sound as sane as possible.“I was taking these down,” I pointed sheepishly over my shoulder, “They’re mine. And I don’t want them here.”He cocked his head, and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. Some primeval part of my brain was still whispering, urging me to just turn-tail and run.“You’re mistaken,” he said softly, “These are mine. And I think they’ll stay where they are for now.”Come again? My forehead furrowed. I couldn’t quite tell whether he was just screwing with. He gathered his trash and opened his door and got out and, leaving his door wide open, he slowly went over to the trash can and deposited his trash. He stood there for a few moments, enjoying our humiliation as the boys stared at Erin's naked body. She sat back there staring straight ahead, wanting desperately to cover her exposed flesh.We waited impatiently for Ray to get back in the car. He was in no hurry though. He finally sauntered slowly back to the car but he paused when he reached the.