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girl!”
    “Don’t say that! I had nothing to do with it! I think it was the Viagra he took though. He said he wanted this to be a memorable experience for me!”
    “I guess he got his wish. Too bad he won’t remember it.”
    “Yeah, too bad.”
    “So where did you meet this guy, and who was he?”
    “It doesn’t much matter now, does it?”
    “Just humor me, because I helped you out.”
    “His name is Leon. He is a federal judge.”
    “Judge Leon Rosewood! That’s where I heard his name before! Wow, he’s a pretty big fish! Isn’t he the federal Judge that was nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court a few years ago?”
    “Uh-huh, the same guy.”
    “I remember the Senate rejected him because he was considered to be too conservative, because he refused to remove a plaque of the Ten Commandments from his courtroom.”
    “Same judge.”
    “Wow, if he had told the Senate sub-committee about his sex life, that might have gotten him confirmed!”
    “Please, let’s not go into all that!”
    “And you say he’s married too?”
    “Well, sort of. He and his wife are considering a separation.”
    “ Considering a separation? So that means he is definitely married. Or was , before you took him out!”
    “I did not ‘take him out’! Apparently he had a bad heart. His wife just left on a European River cruise, and he invited me to come over for a visit. I live next door, you know. This is his Summer House.”
    “So why didn’t you walk over, instead of driving your car, and closing it up in his garage?”
    “You’ve been in the garage? I guess you saw my suitcases in the car then?”
    “No, I didn’t notice.”
    “Leon and I were planning to go to a casino resort in Biloxi this morning and stay a few days.”
    “To celebrate his wife being gone, huh?”
    “Just to have something to do! My god, Travis, it’s lonely being rich! You can’t trust just anybody, because you don’t know men’s motives! Once they find out I have money, it’s all over! They are determined not to let me get away, because they see me as their meal ticket for the rest of their lives! And I can’t conceal the fact that I’m wealthy for long! My only hope of meeting someone decent is to find someone so rich themselves that it doesn’t matter how rich I am! Unfortunately, all of those kinds are so snobbish I can’t stand them! I’m glad I won the lottery, and I’m glad you helped me win, even though you won’t admit it, but there are times I wish I was poor again! I have spent money outrageously, but it builds interest faster than I can spend it.”
    “Poor girl! I can see how that would be a rough life!”
    “I’m serious, Travis! Having so much money scares me! There is no limit to what some people wouldn’t do to get their hands on it!”
    “You can always give it away. There is no end to the charities you could give it to! You can even throw a million my way!”
    “Seriously? If you want it, I’ll give it to you!”
    “No, I’m just joking, you ought to know that. I wouldn’t take money from you.”
    “See? That’s why you are the only person I can turn to in a mess like this. You are the only one I can trust!”
    “Too bad I’m already married, huh?”
    “You had better believe it!”
    “Okay, it’s going on toward midnight. What are we going to do about this mess here?”
    “I want to just go home and pretend it never happened.”
    “Well, yeah, that would be nice, but unfortunately there is a dead man in there, and when he’s found, there is going to be a trail right back to you.”
    “Then we’ve got to do something. Can we just leave him here and try to erase all evidence that we were here?”
    “The best advice I can give is to pick up the telephone and call 911. Tell them the truth. That the two of you were about to get naughty, when he dropped dead of a heart attack. You might get away with not telling them that you were naked and handcuffed to the headboard for 24 hours, but you would have