However this morning I had plenty of work to do, and plenty on my mind to think over. I got out of bed, trying not to disturb Annette and quickly got ...ressed."Why are you up so early, my love?" Annette spoke sleepily from the bed."I have many trips to make to the sawmill at Wallers, besides which I have promised François I would help in the stables: there are also many tasks to be done around the courtyard." I kissed her; she bore the scent of a bed-warm, sleep-drowsy woman."I thought last. How about you get them to introduce a pizza scent for their detergents? I think that people would really want to wear clothes that smell like pizza,” Dan said with a wink.“Pizza? No way. Of course, that does give me an even better idea. No one would be able to resist clothes that smelled like root beer,” Tom said slapping his friend on the back.Dan laughed and said, “I could.”“Thanks for cheering me up,” Tom said laughing.The past week had been pretty rough. Dealing with Terry, Amanda, and. " Oh no," I replied quickly. "Yup, we're all good... Wanna watch a movie?"After watching a scary movie and giggling over all the dance portions of Magic Mike, we got into our usual routine of sharing stories and secrets. About fifteen minutes into our discussion, Danielle got pretty quiet and I asked her what was the matter. "Hey Dannie, are you okay? You seem pretty quiet." I guess..." she exhaled. "Okay Stephanie, if I ask you a question do you promise to keep a secret?" Of course! You know. She kept $50 out for working cash and wrapped the rest of her money in a cloth bag tightly enough so that it wouldn't rattle in the box. She left Wilkerson, headed south to Texas, before daylight one morning.The first part of her trip was very pleasant, since the weather was cool enough that she didn't break a sweat as the sun grew higher. She did stop and put up the protective top of her carriage to keep the sun off her. She drove at a steady pace for an hour and stopped to give her horse a.