We exchanged glances; it was awkward somehow to think of undressing with the young man, but I shook it off. I reassured him, "Well, this'll be no dif...erent than the gym shower at school ..." I glance at his naked mother lying at our feet. "Except for this, of course. We didn't have many naked girls in my gym showers!" He laughed at that image. "I donno .. as much as my mom likes guys, she might enjoy the gym shower just fine!" I grinned back at him. "Yeah, I guess she could bend over to. As was usual the beach was almost deserted, so I took my swim out to the headland and back again. On the return trip, I noted Jack at the top of the cliff stairs, talking to someone; I couldn't make out whom because he or she was almost completely hidden by a bush.Just before I got in close enough to become invisible to anyone standing on the patio, Jack gave me a wave. I returned the greeting as best I could while swimming.On reaching the beach, I headed for my normal spot beside the big rock,. He'll be walking at least part of the way and that four-minute pace will go out the window. Couple miles downhill is easy, coming back up this mountain is going to be a bitch." He'll run twenty," Carter said."No way. Five miles at the most on this mountain, I'll bet."Mayfield couldn't see the grin behind Carter's visor. "Twenty minimum."The Lieutenant snapped a look at Carter, "What? No way. Not on this road. Why would you say that?" There is a blaze on a tree five miles down, and another at. There was a kitchenette along one wall, a small table with a couple of mis-matched chairs around it. The record player was on an overturned crate that doubled as table and record cabinet. A sofa and two overstuffed chairs were nearby. Against the fourth wall, next to a door to what looked to be the bathroom, was a stack of mattresses with a mess of blankets and pillows. The bed, Rain guessed. Some clothes hung from a pipe frame rack on one side. Books were scattered all over the floor.He.