There was a key hanging from a hook driven into the wall, but the key would not turn when it was inserted into the obvious keyhole.This did not surpri...e Billy at all. His experience with strongboxes was that the real lock was not the obvious one. The strongbox seemed inordinately heavy, so he figured that it was full of gold—what else was a strongbox for? He fiddled around with the decorative fittings on the box until he found one that would move. Further experimentation finally opened a little. When we got off the bus at home, on the walk from the road to the house Lennie said, "OK, Lauren has invited us over to their house but we sort of got a problem."I said, "What's up?"Lennie said, "The problem is her brother, Graham, he will be there and Lauren is concerned about what he will say to you."I kind of looked at Lennie in a curious way and she said, "OK, I will tell you part of what I was going to tell you later tonight. Lauren and I have been friends since 5th grade, remember she. This is the first time I have been out of myhouse in a dress." You are a very beautiful woman. No reason for you not to go out in adress. No one would ever have reason to question who you are unless youwanted them to know."Jean came over and asked, "So, Patti, what is your rating on Dawn'sabilities?"Patti blushed. "Jean, you lied. You told me that Dawn was wonderful.Fantastic would be an understatement. How about thrilling? Is that asgood as it gets?"Jean laughed and we sat to watch the finish. "Fair enough," Airel answered."I'll meet you out in back in about ten minutes."So clad in a pair of sweats and a t-shirt, Zak left his house and leapt the fence. Airel was not waiting for him so he took a seat at the round glass-top table and not on the chaise lounge. His heart was pounding as the minutes ticked by and his mind began to spin scenarios.Any second he expected Stan to appear and question his presence in his backyard. Airel would appear a second after Stan in one of her fabulous.