Somehow, their source explained, CEO Atwood had continued to secure outside financing from unknown sources. He did mention rumors of south-of-the-bord...r connections, but he refused to elaborate further.Late that afternoon back at the motel, Mike tried calling the Brightmans. Still no answer. Worried now, he called Fr. Ambrose.“It’s not good, Mike. The federal tax people, the Internal Revenue, they took the ranch. They posted it with government ‘no trespassing’ signs, put government padlocks on. The women then startedto put a girdle on him and it was so tight he could barely breath. They thenlowered the bar and removed the straps, Bill could do little more than takeshort mincing steps and could not even bend over with the girdle on him. Thewomen brought a big white wedding dress over and dressed Bill in it. Theolder woman said, "Finally!, now you are ready to meet the Queen". Sheremoved the gag and said "NO MORE SCREAMING, the Queen is not veryunderstanding" Bill realized he could not. ’ ‘Mom says I never wanted to go to bed when I was a kid,’ Tommy said. He really liked this. Spending time with Tina was more fun than anything that had happened to him this summer. She was treating him like an adult. ‘You never answered my question,’ Tina said. ‘What question?’ Tommy asked. ‘How old are you?’ she said, smiling. ‘I’m…ah…nineteen next week,’ the young man admitted. He felt as if he were saying he was going to be twelve. The last thing he wanted was to be reminded of the. This particular night, Bob wanted to play naked hide and seek. This isn't the highlight of the story, however. What Bob and I did to each other after our two friends went to sleep is what I remember the most.Our two friends were sound asleep when Bob whispered, "Let's go sit on the back porch...it's too hot in this tent." I had put my shorts back on after the naked hide and seek...but Bob had not. So here we are, Bob and I sitting in the patio chairs in the cool of the night. We were out of.