That taken care of, I turned to my companions. "It's just after two. Let's see what the DKA has for us." And we walked back there.CharlieIt was as hot...as Laredo in the dead of summer when we got out of the Mall. We didn't waste no time getting' to that DKA place. When we got there, that nice-lookin' lady warn't there, but one of the others had a coupla sheets o' paper. "May I see your ID, please?" she said. "We're supposed to write down who requests records." Sure," said Gordy, an' he hauled. "We heard them all." Did he kill you the second time, too?" Sheryye asked, losing interest and blaming Tanya's sucky storytelling."No," Tanya replied, her brow furrowed in thought. "A big tiger killed me the second time." A tiger!" the twins exclaimed simultaneously. "Was it a Saber-tooth?"Tanya nodded."Did it bite you?" Vanessa asked, breathing hard and pressing her fists against her thighs as she knelt in the tall grasses."He tore me apart," Tanya replied quietly. "And then, he ate me." Oh my. “I like the dog one” she said “and it covers my whole face. What do you think Trent?” What could I say? “Yes the dog one honey” I said.While Vern fiddled with his camera Angela got busy setting up their “studio” for the show. Marie whispered “are you ok with this”. I smiled “you know you are excited about it honey and if you are happy then I am happy. Just make sure that mask doesn’t come off”. Vern came back to announce he was ready to go. Marie kissed me and headed off with Angela. “We have. .Saralinda's eyes widened in her surprise, as she perhaps recognized my thoughts in my expression."Oh, Moira," she exclaimed, jumping up and embracing me. "No, I didn't mean that you're a 'kept woman'. You're, like, different. Gary loves you. I mean, really loves you. You're more like his wife!"Then why has Gary gone off for so long with Kate, I thought morosely. Kate was the one he treated like his long-suffering wife, and I was the one he treated like his mistress. Or, one of his.