Ahhh, jstro, much better. Had me going there pretty much to the end. I figured SOMETHING would be a surprise but couldn't quite figure it out. For some reason, I was thinking the realtor would be down there killing the new owner. I think I'd add a blue flash of light or something when the "sucking" occurred. After all, but this time the "cat is out of the bag" anyway. The ending sentence was cute! Darn shame it has to be so short (imposed by the forum for brevity's sake). I'd guess about 2500 words would do it good justice. Tks for sharing, jstro!