REUNION

RALPH

The telephone jarred the second time annoyingly, drawing me out of my terrible dream. I sighed, reached for the phone by the bed stand, and put it to my ear.

"Why the fuck did you call me this early?" I asked whoever was on the line.

"The prisoner."

"What prisoner?" I asked, becoming irritated.

"The girl that fell from the roof three nights ago. She is raising hell in the basement."

I sat up in bed and removed the hand of one of the females wrapped around my chest. I could not believe I had forgotten about the girl since that night.

"The thief? Why did you all not remind me about her?" I threw another woman's leg around my waist, and when I got off the bed, the third woman on the bed crashed to the floor. I grabbed my dark robe and donned it. The women still slept when I left the room, but they knew better than lying there when I returned.

I went into my library and ordered a cup of coffee, then called for the woman to be brought. H