"Hot and nasty," she had said under her breath.Bernice's eyes had twinkled. "But you like 'em like that, right?"Laura smiled, remembering it. Bernice ...id not seem to have a jealous bone in her marvelous body. So unlike Sholandra, Yvette, Trina, nearly all the others.To Trina, over the phone, she said nearly the same thing. Accident at work. Didn't feel well."I can make you feel better, I bet," Trina said, suggestively.Maybe I can bring it off, Laura thought. She had a clever plan. "I dare you. One column identified stores and the other the specific items needed from each. The back of the truck wasn't exactly full when he pulled into the mall lot just before shift change but everything on the list was included.They went straight from the bookstore to Leia's place when she got off work."I've already got a delivery order in on chinese so we can get right to work on building the portal," she announced. "I'm thinking that the back of my closet door is the best place. It isn't likely that. I hefted the pannier and followed her out of the tent.“Change of plan; we steal horses and ride back. This is their payroll,” I whispered to Acabo. Since we’d already killed the sentries closest to the horses, it was a simple matter to steal them. Tomorrow, the Kahjohngi soldiers would have to carry their own supplies. We slipped a halter and bridle on two horses and halters on the rest, securing the pannier on one horse. Leading the horses, we walked them slowly away from their camp.We’d gone. The club was their personal residence. situated on almost 20 acres in the country. Phyllis by now was in her early 50's. Jim was 15 years older. Even with Parkinson's and being older, he still had his fun.We arrived, removed our bags from the car and went on in. The moment Jim saw Mary, a huge smile erupted from his face. Mary rushed forward and wrapped her arms around him in a big hug. They'd known each other far longer than I'd known her. I was happy I could bring her down so she could see.