” We had just learned howto wear makeup and it was a source of pride to us, I musthave been too spaced out to put any on. Without waitingfor an ...nswer Melinda started talking.“I saw the best lipstick yesterday at the Dollar store,it was cherry red and is supposed to taste like cherriestoo! The package said that boys just love it! I wanted toget some but my mom said it would make me look bad.” Shestated sourly. She kept on this track of conversation forseveral minutes before. "Then again maybe Rodday had nuthin' to do wit' it..."Scott, just outside the door, grinned. Nate was doing his work for him -- just like he knew he was there. Stretch, Flood's lookout, hadn't been alert -- probably since the others had been there for hours. 'Thud' Thompson, his backup, was well-named, although he'd managed to keep Stretch from making a loud one on the floor after he hit him... Flood grinned. "What do YOU think, Boy? You be sure that your Mama comes to see Rodday, as soon as. As Paul had predicted it did rain that afternoon, washing away his trail. So it was just as well they had planned to do it the harder way. Paul had selected the two trails he believed were the most likely and then sent Leigh to check the eastern trails as Vincent wanted the western trails nearest the coast. Paul thought the gang didn’t go too far off the main highway.Vincent, however, had a feeling that they may go further afield. His father was supposed to be in Paulartica, the continent to. Nope ... not my boat. I stretched ... luxuriously ... I am, after all, my mother’s child. Gee, mom ... you could have told me. Then I tried to stand. OW! That’s why. Yes mom. Those parts haven’t gotten much exercise. Oh ... blood on the thighs. Yes mom ... I have did the dastardly deed ... finally! 22 ... yup about time.The smell of good coffee assaulted my nose and I was suddenly starving. It was like I hadn’t eaten in days. I wanted ... breakfast ... Eggs, three ... over easy, cathead.