Dan pulled the Jag over to the side of the road and watched in the rearview mirror as a late model black sedan edged in behind them. Two men were sitting in the front seat.
Dan thought he saw the letters SI emblazoned on the door as the driver exited the vehicle.
Both men were headed their way.
The driver, who appeared to be in charge, looked down at Dan and leered a bit at Muffy. "Well, well, well," he said, "What have we here?"
"What's the problem?" demanded Dan.
The man peered at Dan with amused eyes. "My name's SI Bob and I'm the Chief Grand Inquisitor and Administrator for SI. This here's Diamond H. We've formed a posse because we got a tip that a repeat offender by the name of Slider was headed this way. You seen him?"
At that, Muffy piped up. "What kind of a name is Slider?"
"Now, Missy," growled Bob, "Don't you be giving me any lip now. I've had my eye on you for the past 10 or so chapters of this story and you just may find yourself in SI jail if you continue with all those lascivious thoughts you keep expressing on the sanctified bandwidth of SI. We've had a few complaints, you know."
"That's Muffy to you," she retorted with a stamp of her perfectly shaped right foot. "And besides," she continued, "You should know perfectly well that I don't have a thought in my head...that is, unless somebody puts one there. You should be trailing that TEDennis guy. He's always giving me naughty ideas!"
Bob took out his Palm Pilot and made a meticulous note. "TEDennis, you say, hmmm. Got it. Well, seeing that there's no Slider here, we'll just mosey along. But you two watch yourselves. Remember, I can see everything you post!!"
With that, SI Bob and Diamond turned on their respective heels, re-entered the squad car and careened down the road, leaving Muffy and Dan shaking their heads in dismay.
"What else could possibly happen?" said Muffy.
Five minutes later she found out that......... |
