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chances of that?
    Macy went downstairs to the basement and
started to walk toward the open Media Room door. All she could hear
was the TV. What if that woman already had him down on the floor?
Macy had to admit that Carsie was hot. She could probably get him
to do anything if she really tried.
    “ Macy,” spoke a voice from
the darkness.
    Macy jumped.
    “ Easy, it’s just me—Carnie.
I didn’t mean to startle you.”
    Carnie moved in closer and now Macy could
see her—barely.
    “ Well, you scared me to
death. Don’t do that.”
    “ Sorry. But I wanted to ask
you something.”
    “ What?” Macy wondered why
they needed to have this conversation in the dark. And couldn’t it
wait until tomorrow?
    Carnie moved in closer.
    “ What?” Macy asked
again.
    Carnie grabbed her by the arms and kissed
her on the lips.
    Macy pulled back. “What are you doing?”
    “ Just wanted to see if you
were interested.”
    “ No!” As soon as she had
said it, she regretted her mean tone. If Carnie was gay, she felt
sorry for her. Macy couldn’t understand a woman wanting to be with
another woman, but that was thei r business. She didn’t
care. As long as they left her alone. “I’m
sorry.”
    “ No problem.”
    Carnie turned and disappeared into the
darkness. Within minutes, she was in her car, driving toward
Coreyville.
    **********
    “ Hi. My name is Jake, and I
couldn’t help but notice that nobody’s offered to buy the pretty
lady a beer.”
    “ I already have a beer,”
said Carnie.
    “ Well, I can see that. But
you’re gonna finish that one off soon. So good ole Jake is here to
buy you another one.”
    “ Oh, really. Well, you can
tell ‘good ole Jake’ that I don’t like drinking with guys who refer
to themselves in third person.”
    “ Awe, come on. Have a drink
with me.”
    “ Fine. Sit down. And take
off your cowboy hat. Have some manners.”
    “ Okay. What’s your name,
Honey?”
    “ Well it’s not
‘Honey.’”
    “ I’m sorry.”
    “ It’s Jennifer.”
    “ Glad to meet you,
Jennifer. You’re not from around here, are you?”
    Carnie judged Jake to be about 6’2”, 220
pounds. She was only 5’6”, weighing in at 120, but she knew she
could handle him.
    “ Nope. Just traveling
through.”
    “ So, what kind of work do
you do?”
    “ I’m a nurse. Right now I’m
in between jobs.”
    He took a swig of his Budweiser.
    “ So, you like taking care
of folks.”
    She took care of them, all right. But they
were sometimes in worse health after she took care of them.
Sometimes dead. “You could say that.”
    “ A man must love being married
to a nurse.”
    “ I wouldn’t know. Never
asked. Never been married.”
    “ Well, that’s surprising.
Especially considering how beautiful you are.”
    Normally, that line would have made Carnie
want to stab the guy in the heart. But Jake actually sounded
sincere. “Hey, you want to get out of here?”
    “ Uh…sure. Wanna go for a
ride in my truck?”
    “ Yeah. Let’s
go.”
    Jake took a dark narrow road and drove for a
couple of miles. Carnie didn’t recognize the Country singer on the
radio. But then, she hated Country music.
    He turned onto a dirt trail that led to
nowhere, parked and turned off the lights. They could see each
other in the moonlight.
    “ I’d just love to hold you
in my arms,” he said.
    Really? Is that all you want to do? she
thought.
    He slid over, put his arm around her and
started kissing her.
    He’s a good kisser, she thought. But she
pushed him away.
    “ What’s the matter? I
thought you wanted to make out?”
    “ Well, maybe I do and maybe
I don’t. I’ll let you know.” Her hand was already in her skirt
pocket. And it was in her hand. Just the flick of her thumb would pop up the
razor blade—ready to perform the deadly deed.
    He backed away a little, and said, “Okay,
whatever you want, Honey.”
    He had done it again. He had called her
‘Honey.’ But this time she didn’t mind.
    “ You wanna go back to