A snake done bit me on the pecker and I squeezed on it to stop the poison and white stuff come out the end of my pecker and I need you to do some doct...rin' on me 'cause I don't want my pecker fallin' off or I'll have to squat down to pee like a girl!" Granma McCutcheon stopped her stirrin', and she hollered, "What in the blue blazes is got into you boy?" I said, "Granma! I think a snake bit me on the pecker cause it got all swoll up! I squeezed on it to stop the poison spreadin' and white stuff. I’d told her the same things about my job that I told you earlier. She’d laughed at my comment, and that beautiful laughter, combined with the rosy blush on her cheeks, was what took my heart away. I’d told her to get dressed, that I had something to tell her, and after some reluctance, she had dressed again. I’d taken her to the terrace of my apartment building, and going down on one knee…**Flashback: More than a year ago**“Sweet, sweet Stella Perkins, forgive me for this is not the best place. Breed Beach's boss can't help laughing at how poor the 'dirty debutants' do, first time on film, for a cute camera.Breed Beach's boss looks at his watch. We watch them for half an hour already! When do the teens undress?Breed Beach's boss isn't sure if he remembers their names correctly. Charlotte the one, who always goes first?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Breed Beach's boss. We could have followed that, and maybe there’s a forest on the other side.”“That’s worth looking into if we don’t find anything here, but it doesn’t make sense to stop searching until we know there’s nothing to find.”“Yes, I suppose,” Ellerie said, sighing. “You’re right. But where do we search? The barrens are huge, and there’s nothing to go on.” She opened up the well-worn map they’d found in Aencyr that showed the lands east of the Skotinos Mountains. Tapping her finger on their current.