We both sat quietly for a few moments. She seemed to be deep in thought, or possibly I thought to myself, maybe it’s being alone in a motel room wit... me. I did notice she had taken her jacket off and tossed it on the bed so I now had a perfect view of her frilly push up bra. I would have loved to have something happen, but it had been a really enjoyable evening and I really didn’t want to ruin it. I looked over at her and held up my glass. “Cheers and a penny for your thoughts.” I smiled. She. Peter, James and I all held our breath as we watched Charlene on the tiny screen of Peter's phone. I looked silently at James and Peter, then suggested, loud enough for Charlene to hear, "You might be more comfortable if you just took it off." While my suggestion was initially met by silence, Charlene did eventually ask, "You don't think he'll figure out I know he's watching?" Interesting - she wasn't concerned that my friends or Harold might see her naked, only that Harold might guess that. Vennoa and Fender went back to the cart, and the old donkey resumed trudging along.Pua walked slightly in front of the party again, and this time, no one questioned his abilities. They went up a hill, but before they reached the top, Pua stopped everyone again.“What is it?” Tempest asked.Pua scoffed. “Can’t you tell? There are more vermin down this way.”“More kobolds?”Pua shrugged. Agate started taking a few steps to the top of the hill to have a peek, but Pua pulled him back.“Not that way,. "Oh yes! I remember that one, an old lady that kept a shop full of magicbooks and supposed artefacts. She used to have her store two blocks thatway" he said and pointed his old finger in another direction from theone we?d came."But she?s been dead for at least two decades now, her grandson triedrunning the business for some time before he gave up and moved away. Theold store now belongs to a shoemaker who bought it from him before heleft," he said.We thanked him and now knew why we hadn?t found.