I had seen her a dozen times, although not up close, as she powered along the path looking determined.I was doing an altogether feebler bit of keeping...fit, passing the time doing something constructive while I waited for some business to be done here in the Austrian city. I had to be there but I couldn’t do anything to speed things along, so I got some exercise in the mornings and did a lot of reading and eating and drinking the rest of the time. Life could have been worse, but it was. Each of the creatures was some sort ofunholy mixture of mankind and beast. In a corner a woman with a serpent'sbody below the waist reared up and bared vicious fangs in his direction.Another with the head of a wolf growled up at him flexing sharp claws onher thick fingers. Looking on the mass of things gathered around him herealized one other thing. All of them were female."Our guest has rejoined us" he heard the soft piercing voice say. "He isimproperly attired though."The blue light washed. "Laugh it up, Fuzzball," Carrie told me. "We'll compare net worths after the first of the year." Well, you got to throw Kelly's in with mine to make it fair," I told her. "After all, what's hers is hers and what's mine is hers." You better be talking cash only, pal," she warned in mock agitation."Cash, credit cards, mortgages, car loans, tuition bills," I listed. "By the way, you are going to be seriously outnumbered tonight so you might wanna sit quietly, not that you'll much to cheer about.. Theytalked for the next two hours. When they were leaving Stacy gave him a kiss on his cheek andRobert gave him a hug and whispered thank you in his ear.They were gone and Jenny said they were very nice and that Stacywas a gorgeous woman. He agreed with her and said the chicken wasexcellent. Sunday they relaxed and when they were talking she asked how hisfirst week in dresses was."It was entirely different than I thought it would be. I knew theyhad an anti-sexual harassment policy at work but I.