“She looked like she was interested,” Stephanie observed.I held out my hand to show the ink. My sister laughed.“I guess that answers THAT questi...n. Should we swing by the house and pick up the Lincoln?”“I suppose, on the off chance I call her,” I said.Stephanie laughed hard, “Sure. A cute High School girl comes on to you and there’s an ‘off chance’ that you’ll call her? Riiiiight!”“I’ll only call her if Bethany is OK with it. I’m here for Bethany, and I’m already having lunch tomorrow with you.. At 114 pounds, one beer is about as much as my system can handle, and ten minutes after I put it in, it wanted to come out the other end. Seems like the only time I can control my bladder is on patrol – because I have to – but any other time …? It started when I was pregnant, peeing every ten minutes, but Jimmy was nearly five years ago, so things should have returned to normal. It’s a bitch to be me. Pity party for one. Surprisingly, the kinder actually has a decent adult bathroom. The. Anderson was seated at his desk pressing a button on his computer."Come on Perkins you useless pile of shit, answer the call." He said angrily but then gave up. He went to the intercom, "Sally? I'm going to be busy for about ... oh an hour, no calls please." He said.Getting up from his seat he went to what appeared to be a cupboard. "You know Perkins I'm getting fed up with your failures." He said and then after muttering a phrase he opened a tunnel into which he disappeared.I quickly changed. “Give me ten minutes to get things ready.” Rick’s front door was open just a crack and I let myself in. There was a freshly-poured glass of champagne, a towel and a thick terry cloth robe folded on the table in the foyer. A trail of rose petals led to the doorwall in the family room. Outside, Rick was waiting in the hot tub. I could hear Miles Davis playing on the outdoor sound system. I stood inside of the doorwall, crossed my arms and rubbed them my hands, signaling it was too cold for me to.