Pop, my throat feels rough." Hot honey sweetened tea is what my mum used to use. I'll boil the jug." Ta, Pop. Oh, hello, I didn't realise we had a gue...t. I better make myself presentable, back in a second." Tell the others, Kimbo."Veronica asked, "Who was that?" That's my girl, Kim."Veronica kept the thought to herself, that's his girl, naked, reminded her of circus clown in full regalia. Some people look better dressed, though she did notice that neither this old bloke, nor her sister, cared. I just swapped days off. It wasn’t a problem.’ ‘I bet you didn’t ask Beverly.’ ‘Are you kidding? She wouldn’t change our schedules unless we were barfing up a lung right in front of her. Mr. Earl juggled it for me.’ ‘Yeah, old Will’s a prince all right,’ I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm. ‘Why?’ she asked, concerned. ‘Did you two have a fight or something?’ ‘No,’ I said, not wanting to tell her about the phone number incident. ‘I guess I just thought he was something he’s not.’ She eyed me. I put on the last good pair of pants I had and I would need to wash the other set as soon as I was able. I just hoped that the blood would wash out after all this time. I went to Ruben’s for dinner, enjoying the company of the whole family before returning home to sleep and begin fixing my house the next day. Monday morning, I went to the eastern wall of the house and looked at the wood framework that was exposed. I was worried that I had missed something in my original inspection, but I was. Don was very impressed when he saw Maggie, giving me the thumbs up from the back seat.We got to Cheryl's place and it was pretty swingin’. A three story complex, there seemed to be a couple parties going on each floor. Blue Moon and Runaway we’re competing on the first, Elvis and Roy Orbison clashed on the second, and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow dominated the third floor, our destination.Cheryl let us in and gave Maggie a big hug and kiss on the lips, and then gave me a kiss on the lips,.