”Alyssa glanced at me and caught me mid-eye roll. “What?”“Once or twice? Please” I said. Ashley laughed again. “Okay, okay, maaaaybe I’v... taken it in the butt -- oh, let me see -- more times than I can count.” “That’s more accurate,” I laughed. “Wow, really? So you really like it then?” Alyssa asked, raising her eyebrows. “I mean, I understand why Brian would like it.” “Oh yeah? Why would Brian like it?” Madison grinned. She was obviously trying to get Alyssa to say something dirty. “Oh,”. One woman looked up as we entered, waived to Sherry and said, “My Miss Stevens, who is this handsome man on your arm?”“This is our newest resident Mr. David Swane. David this is Mary Adam’s, Roger Welch and Susan Blair.”“Pleased to meet all of you,” I said.“I hope you’ll join us for lunch David”, Mary said as she patted the chair next to her. “I’d never say no to a woman as charming as yourself,” I said as I sat down. Mary was quiete the looker with clear blue eyes, a warm smile and salt. "Boys, we got a problem with some bank robberies. I need ya to run down to Hickham county an' put a stop to the foolishness." Shore thin', Cap'n. The sheriff's office's in John's Ford, ain't it?" Right; ya an' Ezra should get there in about three days of easy ridin'."They rode into John's Ford in the early afternoon, three days later. Sheriff Tom Abernathy was in his office, so they didn't have to hunt him up. "Howdy. Ya Sheriff Tom Abernathy? I'm Ezra Woodpacker and this here's Sean Murphy.. When she turned to face me, half a second later, her face was already red, and it looked like she was ready to start crying."Please don't tell on me, Ricky! I wasn't going to steal it, I promise. I was going to bring it back, right after I showed it to my mother." Why would your mother want to look at an old mixer like this one?" I was really curious to know why."She makes tamales at home, to sell to construction workers. I thought she could save a lot of time if she had a big mixer like this.