I raised a questioning eyebrow in their general direction, and Lucien began talking, being very careful to not give away any specifics.“Paul, we’v... all agreed to your request and have come up with a plan to get what you talked about. I’ll start working that plan while these other two reprobates are down south, relaxing in your warm weather. They’ll pitch in and start working their parts of the plan when they get back. Between us we should have what you want, ready to turn over to you at the. "Hey, Granny, don't be shy." God, am I that obvious?" Sure. But where do you think he learned that skill? It's not easy for a dog to do it right, you know."I just looked at her. What she was saying was so new and strange to me that I lost my words."Let's be sure there is no misunderstanding," she said with a bright smile, "Boy visited you last night, didn't he?"I had the greatest trouble just to nod my head! Think it over: I'm seventy years old, and I'm about to confess to my GRANDDAUGHTER that. He had expected that already, and all day he had been looking around at school. Seeing if anyone was looking at him weird, or snickering at him behind his back as he passed them by. Luckily he hadn’t noticed anything, so he concluded she probably hadn’t, and anyway if she had, or was going to, he wanted to know about it. It was the not knowing that was killing him. He knew of one way he could find out what her plans were for sure. So looking around, he located the table where Shelly was sitting. I rolled off the mattress on the floor, rose onto my knees, gazing up at his hooded face.“If you don’t refrain from polluting the air with your fucking voice, I’ll beat the ever-loving shit out of you. Do you enjoy pain, if you do nod, if not shake your head?”I shook my head.“Open wide, cunt.”My heart raced beating in my chest so hard could hear my heartbeat in ears and feel its echo in temples. My skin felt raw, chilly air blew down on me in a circular motion, and the creaking and squeaking of.