"Now you boys get those clothes off, you hear!"When nobody moved, I unfastened the belt of the one I was holding and before he could move, I took hold...of the waistband and ripped his pants open halfway to his knee. He looked like he was about to cry. I couldn't tell if it was from shock or because I had ruined his favorite pair of jeans.Still nobody moved, so I used the same technique I had used on Dave. I grabbed the thug on the floor by the thigh muscle and started to squeeze. His friends. You just don't imagine a sexual encounter having so much paperwork and hoops to jump through, but I suppose I do understand their client is a very powerful person and wants to stay protected.The whole thing was just really odd, but I didn't question anything, I just complied with what they asked.He had me stand in the middle of my office as he shut the blinds on the window. They both just stood there staring at me as I heard him say, "Please disrobe."Somehow that didn't surprise me, it should. Usually she uses that time to start dinner and change her clothes. Today she was wearing her work outfit and there were no pleasant smells wafting from the vicinity of the kitchen. When Darla changes her routine, something is wrong."Dick, we have to talk," she began nervously."Sure, Sweetheart," I replied smoothly as I dropped into my recliner, keeping the ball in her court. "What is it?" There's no easy way for me to tell you this, Dick, so I'm just going to blurt it out. I want a separation,. You do own a house in this town, you know.”What he was referring to was where Flossie had grown up. Her father had never owned anything in his life, except that house, and the only reason he was able to buy it was because it was basically worthless. It was actually a single story barn, when he bought it, back in 1934. But he had a wife and baby, and needed some place to live. The man he worked for didn’t want to pay cash wages, so he gave Jasper Pendergast the barn, in exchange for eighty hours.