Lost Lambs

Catherine had briefly wondered, as all women do their first time alone with a man, if he was going to murder her. Harper was too clever for her own good, which was why, in order to maintain her lifestyle, she agreed to drop the conspiracy and resume the eighth grade, where she began teaching the Deaf kids how to play blackjack. That was when Catherine had looked up and caught sight of a billboard advertisement picturing a sleeping man, sheep leaping over his prone body. Even the car reaped the advantages of his newfound prosperity since he had finally had the engine light checked, the interior detailed.