”“That leaves the inside. I want my bedroom repainted a different color with new carpet.”“I don’t see a problem with that. I do think all th... rooms should have the same carpet color though that’s not vital. We can pick a paint color and then carpet. Those are pretty quick fixes. How about the kitchen?”“I like it. It’s reasonably up to date. The counter-tops are quartz which looks good and fits a modern finish. The floor is tiled and in good shape. So are the living room and dining room floors.. ”“But you are a beautiful woman, sexy (no, the sun didn’t just go supernova, that’s just me blushing), some man somewhere must have been inspired to do any number of depraved acts?”“Well, I married straight out of university myself, that’s where I met my late husband. We were together until he died, four years ago. I had known Ben’s father for some time. He asked me out, we have been together the last year or so. That’s it, really.”“That’s it? Two lovers?” Christian asked, with, it has to be. And for a ballplayer, maybe the hardest thing in the world to find is a woman to fall in love with who likes baseball. You think that's not important? I know a guy, used to be a teammate, who was absolutely smitten with this little girl he met when he was in Triple-A up in Buffalo. He told me all about her -- his eyes shining. "She loves baseball!" he exclaimed. "She can't get enough of it. She loves watching me play!"Well, they got married, and they're still together and all, so I guess it. The screamsof ?Get up, scumbags? had invaded Soapy?s ears as they did every morning, andusually he couldn?t calm down until around nine-thirty in the morning. One of thelonger term Kennel residents, Mister Shimmelfarb had had a bit of troublewaking up this morning, and Mister Shim?s mother had authorized Code Purpletreatment. This authorized Cato to drag the skinny accounting exec out of thecage by his pubic hair, and to bitch-slap him awake. Cato hadwhipped poor Shimmelfarb?s narrow ass for.