It was nice not to be either freezing or too warm. That's how it was with a heater, which was not thermostatically controlled. Those two things almost...convinced me to let the cabin go.The crappy amenities of the cabin were countered by the emptiness of the area. The cabin was not just in the country, it backed up to the river. It wasn't close enough to have a river view or anything,. Still it was close enough for me to walk down and sit on the bank now and then. The security precautions I had. AgentFranklin said himself that Roberto was probably sipping a Mai Tai andsunning himself on some Caribbean beach by now.As she walked out the door of her apartment, she suddenly stopped, wentback inside, picked up the agent's business card and put it in herpurse. You never know, she said to herself, you can't be too careful.She walked through the door of the Oyster Bar and a blast of cool airhit her in the face. It was almost ten and she didn't see Gypsy at herbooth. So she stepped up to the. .. He usually ad-libs his way through the show. I hope he shapes up in the next half of the show. I may have to make a joke about Al's mother... I mean my mother... if he doesn't say something funny soon. At least he has been getting some humor out of the act of pretending he doesn't know which tools are which." Little did he know how real "Tim's" lack of knowledge was.Jennifer was pleased by the way she was fitting in with the show. She had managed to memorize the script and felt the. And for the first time I am aware that I am naked, but strangely, unconcerned, unashamed. Looking around the room again I notice that the room is empty, the only piece of furniture is a large chair, propped against the far wall, hidden in the shadows near the door. I rise and walk towards the window, unmindful of the cold stone beneath my feet. The further I move away from the fire, the more I am enveloped by the cool darkness of the room, until my body becomes part of the shadows. Except for.