Merl gazed in amazement when he realized Nate had driven into the curving drive that led to a triple garage connected to a massive multi-storied Victorian. He lives here? Holy s**t! The place was large enough to be a hotel or broken up into a dozen apartments big enough for families of four or more. Once, in his prior life, he’d lived in some nice middle-class suburban tract homes, but he’d never even been inside a place like this. Maybe it wasn’t all one house…Nate didn’t seem like a real rich guy, well off enough but not in the celebrity, Sam Walton, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet category. Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into? As the SUV warmed up on the forty minute drive, the odors of unwashed bodies and clothes worn for weeks grew steadily stronger. The four of them were filth