"Do you, Beth?" Get out of here!" I growled ominously just as Beth opened her mouth. "Now!" I advanced threateningly on my little sister."I'm going! I...m going!" Dee scampered out, cackling."Sorry about that," I apologized to Beth.Beth seemed a little nonplused, as was I. "Oh, that's okay. I know how it is." You don't have a younger brother or sister," I reminded her.She grinned. "No, but I have an older brother. I used to devil him when his girl friends came around, until he went away to. I survived until the final day of Spring Training, when most of the others fringe players had been sent onwards to their Minor League team assignment. Most JPB teams only have one Minor League’ team, unlike most MLB teams that have at least six and sometimes as many as ten, but my team was very new and avidly trying to develop new talent and had three sponsored developmental teams. Only the famous and wealthy Yomuri Giants and Hashin Tigers could afford to have this many. My fate was still. I don’t know how long it went on but she had a full night’s worth in there and I guess she couldn’t help herself, maybe she didn’t even know what was happening. I would have kissed her naked mound in front of my eyes if I had been able to open my eyes. I felt completely humiliated, I had been looking forward to kissing that lovely mound when it came out of the wax, to caring for it and kissing it better and suddenly I was out of control incapable of doing anything and being pissed on. I could. At least I won’t.”“Well at least you’ve got a conscience, can’t say as much for myself.”We stopped the truck a distance from the Daugherty property and dismounted, Vi passing the heavy burlap sack to me effortlessly with her tail, my knees almost buckling under the weight of it. I struggled upright and hefted it, starting off towards the house, Kadavy and Vi flanking me with their weapons ready. The courtyard came into view as we rounded the field of tall, wild plants, no aliens in sight so.