At 11:58 the phone went, sending her pulse soaring only to have her ear filled by the caller’s yawn. ‘Ooops, sorry – attempting to multi-task, y...u being female will assume we men are useless at that.’ What a bozo, Bianca thought. ‘You assumed your victim was a woman?’ ‘If someone with a chic name of Bianca White was male I’d be worried.’ She laughed and said she’d meant a male receptionist may have been answering the phone. The reply was he didn’t think someone with a name like Bianca White. I motion to Vanessa to follow me and she does. When we get away from Kenny I say “Vanessa, I am sorry he showed up. We will let him get drunk and he will get sleepy and go to sleep in the spare bedroom.” Vanessa looks at me with disbelief and says “That is your best friend, go act like it.”We walk back into the kitchen and Kenny has managed to drink about 1/3rd of the whiskey and is visibly drunk. He sees us and says “Let’s play some games.” Vanessa says ‘Sounds fun, let’s play truth or shot.”. "I think I'll make an appointment with the doctor this afternoon; my arm is sore and there's a stiffness in my chest." That's a silly question; she's standing right there waiting her turn in the bathroom. And close your robe; you want your preteen daughter to see your junk!?"What was that about the doctor?" Nothing she hasn't seen before, I'm sure," he said, shaking his head, and with a note of sadness in his voice as he continued up the hall to the bedroom he'd shared with his wife of 20 years. Which had its perks. Anna donned a white t-shirt and daisy dukes over her bathing suit, even threw on some old cowboy boots for the hell of it. Something she’d get side eyed for back in California for sure. She felt like a kid again, sneaking out to get high, or laid. It was kinda fun, but also weird. Upon arrival it became apparent that this was less of a party and more of a hangout. After taking a dip in the cold water and having a beer with her cousins she set herself down on a sunny boulder.