She quickly made herself at home, after we finished with lunch she asked about my love life and I explained about my recent break-up and a few one nig...t stands. She was listening closely to every word coming out of my mouth. I was making her laugh and she seemed really relaxed with me she started touching me on the arm while she laughed. I asked her how long was she married to MR. Prick, she laughed and said for almost four years now. I jokingly asked her if her husband uses the blue pills to. With a single backpack containing my belongings, a road map, and the radio blaring, I headed out on my adventure.The trouble was my used car was not as reliable as the salesman lead me to believe. It broke down a short while after crossing state lines along a not-so-busy highway. The engine was smoking and, with no cell phone or rest stops nearby, I was stranded. I waved my arms at the slow trickle of traffic going by. It was nearly twenty minutes before someone finally stopped.I smiled as two. “A certain house down here needs cleaning today, son, and we’ll talk there.”A large detached house with a glimpse of an orangery looms ahead. The glass sparkles in the summer sunshine. Art thought that they didn’t look as though they needed doing quite yet.“This is it, Art,” Bird says.“Lots o’ winders,” Art laughs, “an ‘arf-a-crowner this one, I bet!”He’d been learning the ropes since school broke up two weeks ago. He would probably join his Dad’s business and take over one of the rounds. Bruce was flipping thru some Playboy mags and Charlie stated that he had some recent ones that he had not seen. Being cautious ( I thought ), I watched what Charlie was doing as he reached up on a high shelf. There was a couple of, what appeared to be, fragile keepsakes that his hands were pushing towards the end of the shelf! Charlie called out ( to no on in particular ), ' ...grab that vase ... ), wanting to be included, I leap to my feet and reached above my head to steady the items. I saw.