We all got together for a family gathering at the lake. We were lucky, because most of the regular inhabitants of the lake community had decided they were not going to come to the lake on what was going to be a rainy week-end, but turned out to be an absolutely beautiful sunny day. We
“Master.” Hal didn’t want to hear the voice. He didn’t want anything to intrude on whatever level of life he was now floating on. Eyes closed, a bed of unbelievable softness underneath him, the distant but comforting sounds of Josephine’s claws scratching on the dirt floor — and, best of all, the utterly satisfying feeling