.Alliding: nautical term for contact between a moving object and a stationary object. Colliding: contact between two or more moving objects.There were...saws in need of sharpening and the tools to do the job. Chisels, moulding molding planes, hammers, broken pulleys, a table saw that must have come from a place with an overhead jackshaft ... general crap and three sleeping bags that could have only been from the Second World War.Where does Daddy find this junk?The ripped mummy bags were wadded up. Every time he saw her, he got half stiff and needed release.It was mildly diverting that he was left to guess what was going on between her and Dusty. She never mentioned whether or not she'd asked Dusty to "get hitched to her" or what his answer had been, if she had. He assumed she hadn't asked him yet. She'd be as ornery as a bull with a bad tooth if she'd asked him and things hadn't gone well.Basically, unless he was actively engaged in treating a patient, which usually didn't take massive. It felt a bit surreal to be having a conversation while strapped naked to a metal table, yet I felt strangely calm as if I was the one in control, not them.“Details—tell us exactly what happened the first time you consciously knew what it was that you were doing,” voice number two asked eagerly.“Well, I’d been hanging out with a girl from my school, it was summer break, and we’d gone over to a mutual friend’s house who had a pool—you know, to go swimming. I had this crazy crush on her, and I. There’s nothing illegal or unethical about him hunting for clients with claims against you.”“And in this case?”“Maybe he overreached. Maybe Milton has something to stand on. We won’t know until I file my motion.”“Wonderful,” I sighed.“Did you talk to Lomax?”“That’s how I found out Milton was Littleton’s brother-in-law. That’s pretty much all that was said. He was worried about Milton’s reaction to him talking to me.”“Just sit tight and let me do my thing.”“Thanks, Jamie.”I hung up the phone,.