. Her own buzzer jarred the reverie so warmly sweeping over her. Carol stiffened upright, trying to tie the sound into something familiar. Peggy was g...ne! Was it Mark? She might have missed him walking into the building if she'd gotten to the window too late... Who else? It sounded again, more pressing this time. She wished she'd kept Sultan inside with her as she walked toward the door... His foot came against it in a blocking barrier the moment Carol drew the door a few inches inward! The. Rox was covered in mud from the back, but there wasn't a drop of mud on her front. Linda had a little bit of mud on her legs, presumably from the splash Rox sent up when she landed."Linda, please toss Rox's dirty bra up on the deck, anywhere." Jim announced.I was amazed that Rox lost the first round so fast. She seemed to be OK as we walked over, and she seemed to be OK now, but I did not expect her to be half naked in sixteen seconds.At the end of the one-minute interval, at Dahman's. " You seem certain of that." Yes. I will kill him myself." She watched as the color drained out of Phillip's face.Charles sighed when the gates of Kartic came into view. The day had passed pleasantly enough all considering. On his lap, Kat had slept off and on. He knew that she still wasn't fully recovered from her injury.As they approached the gates, he took a deep breath to fortify himself for the inevitable commotion that was bound to happen at his return. He gently nudged Kat."Kitty-kat,. You put on seamedstockings by gently rolling them right along the seam -- so you can keepthat seam nice and straight -- and you put it on the same way."Frankie swallowed and bit his lip as slipped back into the chair andbegan to take off the stockings he was wearing. He took the seamed hosethat was held out to him and tentatively began to roll it between hisfingers. The silky fabric was warm to his touch. He slowly rolled thestocking over his pointed toes, past his ankle and eased in up past.