Who doesn't want something? But as it happened, athunderstorm did it. It started coming down as we were finishing ourhike, and we rushed the last fe... hundred yards to our tents through adownpour, drenched to the skin. We didn't see the moment that Rob firstused the Monkey's Paw because he was in his tent, but we all heard theeffects as the thunderstorm cut off like it was turned off with aswitch, and we all came out of our tents to see a beautiful, sunny day. Rob told us how he'd been. Cuddling on the floor of his parent’s garage, John always swore he would look out for her. It must have been the sex talking because while she attended a college in state, he applied for one in Georgia. John swore they would meet again in the summer and Amaya tried to take his word for it. So far he had never written and called only once. She had written him last week asking, no, begging him to send her some money that she would pay back when she got her financial aid, but he had yet to. Lowes, Home Depot stocking shelves, well that was the bottom of the barrel!How about starting a lawn care business, wonder how much that would cost? Jake did say I could use his truck while he was gone. It was at his house in the garage. Mom had the keys to his place.Then there was the bay, I has spent one summer working as a mate on a charter fishing boat, seven days a week smelling like fish. I would have to think long and hard on that one.There were a lot of minimum wage jobs that could be. About a half an hour later, there was a knock at the door. Zip opened the door and a well-dressed Asian man entered the room. “My name is Steven,” I heard him say. Steven had to be about 35 years old at least. He was old compared to the rest of us. Maybe he was going to be one of the new elders. I didn’t know and I didn’t ask.“Carrie, please show Steven his new home,” Zip said. I got up and walked towards our new arrival. I saw his eyelids quickly perk up as he looked at my naked body. .