Jed was a bear to live with, and so was Kevin, but nobody begrudged them their ill humor. Finally, Friday arrived. About noon, a rider rode in with th... instructions on paying the ransom. Jed wanted to shoot him right then, but the rider warned that if he failed to return to the hideout in good shape before supper time, Mary would be killed.Kevin had a brainstorm and sent a rider to a hill near the hardpan to watch out for the returning kidnapper. The man was supplied with a spyglass and. It's no big deal." "No big deal? You pissed all over your office. I don't know what to dowith you. Good thing you are seeing the Dr. tomorrow. Now get to it!"She headed upstairs, seeming quite pissed (no pun intended) at me. I gotsome cleaning supplies and made sure the office was thoroughly cleaned,dreading going upstairs to face her wrath. But I really wanted out of mywet pants and girdle. I shut off the computer and went up to her.I entered the room and started to undress. I pulled off my. My faithless Michelle had glasses too, steel-rimmed ones.Then too, I had met two girlfriends at City College already and a lot of my freshman diffidence had disappeared. Yet this was my first foray into the adult world beyond my school.I considered my own appearance, my college guy hot-weather sloppiness right down to my no-name sneakers. A related detail was that I had a loose-leaf notebook and another book under my arm. It was the custom for males in college then to continue the high school. How fitting I smiled. The sun had set and the hills on the western horizon was illuminated by the last light of the sunset. Below me the lights had come on by the pathways and I could faintly hear crickets. I took a deep breath as I admired the evening ambiance of the Willamette Valley.“C’mon, lets get you out of here before my roommate comes back” Alyssa chided. Ensuring I had my keys, phone and wallet I followed her down the hall, three stories and out into the cool evening air. We walked.