Whatever he was plotting, she knew it wouldn't be good. She wanted to run far, far away. It took every bit of willpower she had to even follow the oth...rs back inside.They'd all taken seats around the big oak table before she came inside. The boys were clustered at one end with Neil playing chaperone. Dad and Karen, still locked in droning horrible conversation, were perched in the middle, leaving only the empty seat on the end ... next to Paul. Allie almost threw up."Saved you a seat, fellow. I can’t tell you how good it would make me feel for you to find pleasure in me.’ ‘It’s a real high just having you here with me now.’ All of the rooms in the hotel had televisions with AM FM radios in them. I got up and found a station that played soft jazz then turned the lights down a little. ‘Dance with me, Kevin,’ I said, holding out my hand to him. He reluctantly stood and took me in his arms and we started doing a slow two step. Kevin was slightly taller than me and felt so good pressing. The man obviously did not have long to live, so there was not much they could do for him. Close examination of the wounds made it obvious that he had been shot within the last 24 hours. The man claimed that he did not know why he had been shot, nor did he know where his horse had wandered to. Jack looked down into a shallow draw and spotted the horse at a little stream about 60 yards away. Jack went to reclaim the horse while Bill stayed behind to question the man.Jack found that there was some. It was the sound of the footsteps of an approaching Army patrol that finally broke the kiss. Charlotte blushed, giggled and picked up her guitar case. With a hurried “goodnight” and one last kiss, Fergal slipped off into the night and Charlotte headed inside for another round of “Where have you been to now, on a school night, young madam?” with her mother.The last week of school finally arrived. Band practice had been curtailed for a few weeks due to the exams and Charlotte hadn’t spoken to.