Deb was sat on the top step and I was a few steps down leaning against the brick wall waiting for Gemma to bring the cold drinks up. We were looking u... the garden at the progress we had made on the steps and hadn’t noticed Gemma on the steps behind us until she chinked the glasses together. Turning around I immediately noticed that my missus had taken off her little red top all together and was now just in her plain black bra with the straps tucked in the sides. Her boobs looked really big and. Some people say it is the fetid air of the waters, others that it is the malevolence of the water spirits who prefer not to be disturbed, but I think it is poison carried in the mosquitoes’ bite.’ ‘Where did you learn your medicinal skills?’ wondered Ivory who, despite her reservations about Glade’s blasphemy, was nonetheless very impressed by the shaman’s extensive medical knowledge. ‘Did you learn it in the forest? Was it imparted to you by the black warriors?’ ‘I gained practical knowledge. Several calls later, I was on my way to pick up Sonja.It took two trips to carry Sonja's stuff to the truck. She had more hanging clothes than I did, but not by much. I was still able to put hanging stuff to each side so I could see out of the back windows.It was four fifteen in the afternoon when we passed the city limits sign on our way south.The traffic was just a little heavy and not too terrible. Both Sonja and I were overly anxious and excited, we were actually making a break to where we. But I’m not . . . not a placeholder, not someone you can go to when it’s convenient.’ ‘I never said that!’ he snapped. His gray eyes blazed with lightning. ‘That’s the problem!’ she returned, now angry herself. ‘You never said anything!’ x-x-x-x ‘Give my ticket to someone else.’ Lani didn’t look up from her computer. She held the piece of paper out to Dee, who pointedly crossed her arms over her chest and refused to take it. ‘You still care,’ said Dee. ‘So what?’ said Lani. ‘I don’t want to.