Rubbing her hands and grinning, Maria confided, “Gail is still conservative in dress and ideals, yet told the naughtiest jokes with the rest of us a...d loosened up a bit with touching Mario’s thighs after just two drinks. Her cherries are ripe for picking by our bawdy club. She’s shapely and sexy and I look forward to eating, umm seeing more of her. What have you guys got in mind?”“The Couplez Re-treat hotel is sponsoring its annual Summer Fun month for adults-only with severely reduced rates. You heard I’d had a car accident? Well, I guess I’m just feeling like I should now make the most of life after my close call. So just want to catch up with everyone." she replied“I’m so glad that you came through that ok Donna. It must have been a horrible time for you all.” I said sincerelyDonna had been in a car crash the year before, she'd been banged up pretty badly but now seemed to be back to full health, thank God. But perhaps it had changed her, she’d been quite uptight before but now. . you're tiny." Well, had to make do with what I had, and I don't stock clothes for old friends who happen to be gorillas ... pick up that stringy bit there, I don't want any trace of her left around." Got it. So how's business been?" Tolerable ... tolerable ... had a good summer, now it's startin' the slack time of the year ... with Ethan old enough to mind the store from time to time, it's been getting easier for me and Ronnie to have a life."Eddie began the cut on the corpse's left arm.. Soon after our arrival at Bordeaux he left to obtain medical treatment in England, leaving me in temporary command of the company.It was at Bordeaux that my best friend, Charles St. John, was shot and killed by Jarvis Braxton-Clark. Oh, it was perfectly legal and above board, if you subscribe to the theory that duelling is the only honourable way that gentlemen can settle a dispute.Lieutenant Charles St. John had joined the battalion after Vittorio and had been posted to Captain Slade's.