But fear was slowly creeping up on her. Laying her head back down, she starts to slip inside herself. Concentrating on breathing, she supposes the whi...s will be next."Lawrence, I have her warmed up. Shes easily able to handle youtr pins now, I believe." Thank you, David."Lawrence gets up, and walks over to the armoir. Bending his knees, he slides open the bottom drawer. Pulling out a large bag of clothespins, he walks over to the bed.Kneeling at the bed, petting her hair, running his hand along. She gently removed his hands, and in a playful tone admonished, ‘Mr. Andrews, if you continue that, your gambling house will be short a dealer today.’ ‘So?’ he replied, trying to replace his hands. Ducking away from him, she said, ‘Well, you may not miss the revenue but I will.’ Backing down the hall she said, ‘Will I see you later, after my shift?’ Gazing at her hungrily, he replied, his voice slightly husky, ‘Yes, I’ll be here.’ With a smile, she turned and headed down the stairs. During her. “Because I think breaking your will as I did with Becka would be a grave sin.”“You believe in sin?”“A figure of speech.”“What happened with her?”“She was a fundamentalist evangelical and she felt it was her mission in life to force that on everyone else. I explained the error of her ways in no uncertain terms. And challenged her core beliefs. I found the cracks, drove the wedge in hard, and exploded her world view. Doing that to you would be evil.”“Interesting. Why?”“Because you are interested. Just think of the Beverly Hillbillies, if you are old enough to know who they were, and you will catch on. If you can’t appreciate this then exit right now, please.Ah were born lucky. Mah Paw runs this here holler. He owns the general store, the only place to buy things for miles and operates the best still around so gets premium dollar fer his shine. His brother is the sheriff and another brother owns the sawmill which provides the best jobs around. You get the picture.Our neighbor had.