After clearing her head she laid down on the bed and texted me goodnight and fell asleep.*She woke up the next morning to the sound of her phone ringi...g. It was me.“Good morning, babe,” I said, “My train is pulling into L.A. I should be at the hotel in about an hour or so. Do you need anything?”“Heeyyyymmmmmmahhhhh,” she yawned out still half asleep. “Just you baby. Get here as fast as you can… oh and maybe a coffee if you pass anything on your way, hehe.”She got out of bed and opened up the. Eventually all of you will be transported away from this place and then given your freedom."The woman looked at me for a moment or two and then she looked at her companions and they looked back at her with wide-eyed disbelief. Then the woman looked back at me and spoke."Why should we trust you stranger?" the woman asked me bluntly.That caused me to pause for a moment and wonder as well. Then I asked her a question."Do you know where you are?" I asked her pointedly."No," the woman replied,. "They whupped Jasper too," Benevolence said."What?" Gertie and I both asked."I heard them talking about it. They told Jasper they just had to whip him one last time before they left. I think they used their daddy's razor strop," Bennie said."Thank you for telling me that Bennie. As soon as I get y'all halfway settled in the house I'm going down and have a talk with Zeke.Showing them into the house cured all the sad faces and when they saw the quarters and realized that they'd each have a room. Her mother’s house was full of fur from the three spoiled cats that called it their home, the thin but perpetual layer of Persian fuzz triggered Suze’s most severe allergy, and the wooden bar stools were just about the only place she could sit down without risking a potentially dangerous attack. ~~~~~ July 5, 3:52 a.m. Slowly canvassing the cavernous casino floor, she lit the day’s 23rd cigarette and listened to the carpet’s relentless song. ‘You’re not tired, NOT tired, NOT tired,’ it intoned.