Valerie hooked a manicured finger under each suspender strap and ran herfingertips up her thighs. "I did not ask you if they were pretty. Iknow they...are. That's why I wear them. I asked you to tell me howthey're worn."Frankie looked up at her completely puzzled. He didn't know what to say."Well?"Frankie merely shook his head. "Well you wear a garter belt around yourwaist..." Of course you do," Valerie snapped. "You're not paying attention. Whatam I wearing with my garter belt?". When Corinne and Lorene told the women the meaning of their names, they all thought their names were even more appropriate, since they were born, kidnapped, then rescued in the Kiamichi Mountains, in southeast Indian Territory.Lettie, Jessie, Sundy, and Sissy were inseparable. They slept together and ate beside one another. Sundy Salter was coming out of her shyness, finally getting over the abuse she had suffered from her mother and sisters.Mary and Rose watched her constantly, without her. "You really are lucky. Play it some more."Over the next half hour, the three dollars they had started out with quickly became one hundred and fifty as the machine got hot. However, after a little while, it cooled off and when they got down to $75, Shelley and Rick cashed out.They took a big bucket of coins to the cashier's cage and exchanged them for bills."Not bad for three bucks and a half hour, huh?" Rick said."Nope," Shelley smiled. Rick was staring at the pendant again. She could see the. Cal told me the good news and I threw myself at him nearly knocking him over I was so excited. I kissed him deeply and with tears in my eyes. I told him he could move in with me while we looked for a bigger place. My apartment was a little one bedroom studio. I went back to my hotel to pack up my things to move in with Nora. This was to be the start of a new life for both of us and it all looked so wonderful. I had never dreamed that I would find another woman to replace my wife who had died.