From the other side of the line they were heard perfectly: Ophelia’s blabbering arrived punctually shortly after the cold whip. “What a pain, darl...ng, and what embarrassment, I see myself in the mirror,” she muttered at the end “My ass is full of stripes, they are going blue… when I come back I’ll show them to you: but I took them all.” She made a long pause, there was silence in the room but the sound of her meek crying. “I am happy to have you on the phone, it helps me to bare. Jim is. They slowly made their way upstairs, still nervous by the height of it. The kids weren’t that worried about the stairs, but both of them cringed whenever anyone went up or down the stairs. It just seemed like an accident waiting to happen.Once at the top of the stairs, Jomo guided her into one of the smaller bedrooms. He shut the door behind him which was unusual enough to get Kiah’s attention. Now they could talk without waking the kids.Gesturing down at the floor, he said, “Let’s sit here. We. You are now the new town marshal. You are also the court bailiff and you have to walk around town once or twice every night and make sure all the downtown doors are locked and no desperado has tried to rob a pair of pants from Penney's. You also have to serve notices and legal papers. You get fifty cents each time you serve a legal paper.The job pays a hundred fifty dollars a month and you get to use city gas and oil in your car and the city will pay your regular phone bill. It hasn't got all. Statistically, about one quarter of jacks were taken on thefirst day.? Thankfully, Kobe andJason had seen none of it so far - with one possible exception.? However a half hour after the siren, they sawtwo hunters dragging their kill back to the staging area.? Even bled and gutted, he was too heavy tocarry.? The hunters saw the youths justas the youths saw the hunters.? Thesirens had sounded and the Hunt was over for the day.? One hunter stopped and waved.? Kobe andJason waved back.? They didn't.