Then she whispered, “Mine, too!” Then she kissed me again. We pulled ourselves into the shower and rejuvenated under the hot spray. We dressed ...urriedly and Jennie drove me all the way down to Myrtle Beach where we turned onto 28th Avenue North, stopping at New York Prime, certainly one of the best restaurants in the area and definitely the most expensive. Dinner for two—shrimp cocktail for me and shellfish bisque for Jennie, a split house salad, and porterhouse for two came to just under. Then I felt a pinch in my thigh, that brought me back. "Yes, I was just thinking about what he had said," I said as I pointed to one of the men. "Jake, from Customer Service," he said. I smiled. "I thought you were going to say Jake from state farm for a second there." Everybody laughed, even Samantha. "But Jake from customer service said that most of our clients aren't the best when it comes to navigating our site, especially the furniture and antiques. Face it, most of our customers that do. My skin is a light brown like warm sand at a beach, or cinnamon, and I was ripped out so much my girl use to say my abbs went on forever. Can't say I didn't love hearing that. As if Id admit that to her. Couple hours after, I stepped into the shower, and had to get to work by 3pm. My boss hated it when I was late. She'd ride my ass if I was late one more time. I got there about 2 minutes after to find a side lipped sarcastic bad boy lecture waiting for me. I'd catch her checking me out after. So, I gather that ya want sumpthin' from me; what kin I do fer ya?"Caleb related the sequence of events leading up to his trip to Austin. He asked, "Judge, kin ya send somebody ta look over our county and straighten everythin' out? I'm shore that these so-called soldiers are deserters or impostors, but there ain't nobody locally with the authority ta challenge 'em. We need the he'p, or a whole lot more lives are gonna be ruined. Please he'p us." Caleb, there ain't but one way I kin he'p ya. I.