Darryl took another quick look    
around, “All your windows look good.   
They’re all locked, but even unlocked, 
they’re the kind that aren’t easy to   
open, or break and climb through.      
     “I’d still put bars on them, at   
least, on this floor.”                 
     Beth was looking at me, waiting.  
     “I don't know Dr. D, I think new  
locks on all those doors you mentioned 
is a good idea. I'm definitely for that
one, but bars on the windows?” I looked
back at Beth, “What do you think, hon?”
     “I agree. I was all for the idea  
at first. Shut up,” She said, and put  
her hand over my mouth to stop me from 
interrupting her.                      
     “I really was, at first, but then 
started thinking about how it would    
feel to live in a house with bars on   
* all the windows. Like living in a jail,  
that's what it would feel like. I don't
want to live in a jail.”               
     I couldn't argue with that, even  
though, after tonight, that might be   
our new home.                          
     “Sorry pal, no go from the home   
front.”                                
     “Pity. It was just a suggestion   
anyway. Other than that, and after you 
get better locks for those doors, I’d  
look into getting a good security      
system. Why don’t you talk with that   
security firm you use to monitor our   
dashcams?”                             
     “That’s a good idea,” I agreed.   
     I was about to bring up this whole
‘teaching the biz’ business, when Pee  
Wee and Mouse showed up, dressed to the
hilt, like a doctor and nurse. They    
weren’t wearing white either, but      
camouflage.                            



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