But she could bank itup around the shelter.She watched Melissa hand a fish to a waiting dogwalker. As that dogwalkerwalked away, others lined up, tall...to small."Save some for us," Jas said. She broke ice and dug in the freezing mudfor cattail roots."Plenty of fish," Melissa said."I hope so."Jas washed her hat and then used it to make lake salt.Some of these trees were evergreens. Jas cut low-hanging branches to forma bed. She cut more to act as a blanket. It would be scratchy, but maybeshe. Although she was still sore and groggy from her terrible ordeal of a few nights before, she quickly discovered that someone had washed, cleaned, powdered, perfumed, and dressed her in an expensive nightgown.Pulling back the covers, slowly rising from the bed, she felt a prickly chaffing against her nipples from the lace nightgown. Sitting on the edge of the bed, pulling the nightgown aside, she was shocked to discover that a seamless polished metal ring had been pierced through each of her. But it was something that happened on the following Tuesday that settled it. I got my credit card statement. It was more than my weekly salary. I stared at the business card, then my credit card bill, then my bank statement. I did that for maybe an hour and then I rang Barry. “I would like to know more about the job. Can I come and see you tomorrow?” I asked. “Certainly” he said “I am glad you rang. Come at 4pm and afterwards we can go to dinner with a client”. I was shaking. I wanted to ask. ’ ‘What time did it happen? Must have been early if he still had his dinner money?’ ‘It was late. He got the kid’s whole week’s worth of dinner money.’ ‘Damn shame, you know the company will file their insurance and keep all the money. The kid lost not only his night’s pay but his own money too. Damn, I hate that.’ I said it as I walked to the unit 211. All the A.T. units were mini vans. The company had finally gotten enough of them to replace the fleet of cars. Any driver could go on any call.