I quickly stepped back from the window into the shadows and reached to the door hook for my gown. XXX That afternoon, I sat out on my rear veranda, taking in the summer sun, when the sound of girlie laughter and general happiness wafted over the fence to my ears. I hadn’t heard any dog noises above those of the girls until now, and then the occasional barking of the dog suddenly clicked into place in my expectations. Her accent was definitely east-coast and her make-up spoke money and class, applied unassumingly, almost invisible to the casual observer. Not too far away from these three was the source of most of the noise I was hearing, Sami. The fun started when we all boarded for the journey though.
