”“If she didn’t put you up to this, why did you do this?” he swallowed his beer.She stroked his forehead. “A long time ago I had a boyfriend...like you, but then Roxanne’s father came along and because I was young and naïve, he turned my head with money and power, now I’m paying the price. I want my daughter to have the life I always wanted,” she bent down and kissed his forehead.“Now do you understand why I went to such extraordinary lengths just now?”“I didn’t know,” he stared at her, “I always. Jennifer told her story, and her Mother listened, and much to Jennifer’s surprise, didn’t say ‘I told you so’ only said ‘Clueless, the boy is clueless.’ Her Mother listened, and finally said ‘Tough way to grow up Jen, but you’ll be fine in a few days.’ Then she gave Jennifer a bath, and had Jennifer wash herself carefully. She was put to bed, and Jennifer slept fitfully. ********** Jennifer graduated High School, and as she prepared to cross the state of Georgia for college, she found that. She was a big girl and although she got a lot of dates, she'd never had a boyfriend.According to the rumors, she'd had sex with most of the boys in our class at one time or another. Leslie was always volunteering for any committee she could get on, and was so smart that her organizational skills were important.Anyway, Leslie was in charge of counting the votes for the homecoming court and assigning the positions.It turns out Leslie knew ahead of time that statistically, based on the early. “Listen, I know you all think we’re here for an afternoon of cards, and yes we are, but there’s more to it than that.” I looked around at everyone as I spoke, seeing them all eyeing me with puzzlement or confusion. This was somewhat out of the ordinary, as usually when I hosted I would have two tables setup for poker. I had earlier, of course, used the kitchen table to lay out food and booze, putting it out of commission for use as a card table.“Well, whazzup, bro?” came from the table.“Before.