"Absolutely," I said.He handed the IOUs to his mother and sprinted for his room. I looked at Eva, who was frowning at me."I was just playing," I said....Were you?" she asked, one eyebrow arching."Absolutely!" I said, crossing my heart. "I absolutely have no designs on your virtue." Why not?" she asked, her voice arching this time. "Am I ugly or something?"I blinked, but didn't have time to come back with anything, because Timothy was back with his artist kit, which he opened on my lap. He had. “Looks like we got through just in time, we may get that rain today. Look over there at those storm clouds rolling in toward the river. We could get a good one out of that,” Little Eli told the others.They could hear the long low sounds of rumbling thunder in the west coming closer. Now and then they could see flashes of lightning in the distance as the storm drew near.“Let’s stretch ‘em out, Eli. Cheyenne wants to run and we may beat this storm to the house if we leave now,” Ezra said as he. Brad sat backward next to Carol to watch Barbara on lifeguard duty.I asked, “What’s going on over there?”“They have some kind of tournament going. They all threw in five bucks, and the winner takes all.” Carol explained.Knowing that Steve would be tied up, I jumped right in and gave Carol an abbreviated version of my adventure with the girls. I also let her know that I hoped that we would have a continuing friendship and that it may involve more sex.“Jesus Christ, Mom. What’s next, the two. " You can," Eve retorted before she stroked his rear and said, "If youget hired today, I'll give you an evening you'll never forget."Daniel went to respond, but Eve turned on the water and left the roomwith Jackie. Daniel was left alone in the bathroom as he listened to therunning water inside the shower. He felt ill as he thought about doingwhat she wanted him to do, but he disrobed and stepped into the shower.Daniel looked hesitantly at the pink razor he had been given as thewater rolled down.