‘In the cellar.’ Kelly looked at her associate. ‘You stay up here and make sure no one tries to come in,’ she ordered. She returned her attent...on to Tim. ‘Okay — let’s go.’ **** The cellar was lit by one single light bulb. As they made their way down the steps Tim found his mind swirling with questions. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs he turned to face the woman with the gun. ‘You know, I thought there was something screwy about you — you never purchased the issues in sequential order.. I drank a glass of water after completing my chore in the bathroom. Returning to the study, I found a thoughtful Cindy. As I entered, Cindy stated, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you!" It's not so much that you scared me, but that I was already holding the pistol before I knew it was you. I have come very close to hurting you twice in two days!"At this point, I think Cindy totally understood how close she had come to being hurt. Cindy collapsed back onto the couch and started to cry softly.. “Sorry, ladies. Bill and I just popped in to retrieve our drinks.”, I said, as nonchalantly as I could manage. “I see you two are getting acquainted.”On that last word, I looked, leered actually, at Jess, a wicked smile on my face. She returned my look with the biggest, naughtiest smile I’d seen from her in a while.I guess this is going to be a fun night!Bill and I grabbed our drinks, looked back and smiled at both girls, then headed out the door. Along the way, I grabbed the asparagus, as that. "If Aleksy does a good job without breaking the Bank I reckon this could be worth something in the region of half a million." I felt a little better. That would put something back into the coffers. "Let's see if we can get round the back." Tina didn't reply, she set off at a brisk place and I trailed behind her. Not that that was unpleasant, the sight of her bottom wiggling nicely in her jeans would enliven any walk. Tina seemed eager and soon opened up a gap between us. I could see the path.