“I’ll hit you,” he threatened, lunging toward her.Screeching and retreating a few steps, she shouted, “I’ll tell mom you took daddy’s book....”Billy stopped and looked at the bag in Mike’s hand. He knew he was screwed. He would not be let out of the house for the rest of the summer if his crime were revealed. Stunned he looked at us for support.“What are we going to do?” he whispered to us.I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Mike.Mike guardedly asked. “If we let you stay for a while and look. ”I almost didn’t want to, but on the one hand, I wanted this shit over and done with, and on another hand, to be frank… the most popular girl in school was asking me to hang out with her. Not even to go study, but to hang out. She even had an expectant smile on her cute little chipmunk face. There was no way in hell I was going to pass this up. “Sure, alright,” I replied awkwardly, turning around to gather my stuff. Taylor just waited patiently until I was finished, then gave me a smile with. ’ ‘I nodded. And I waited,’ William explained. ‘He was regarding me with particular ferocity, it seemed to me, although I could not fathom what I had done wrong. ‘And then he asks me whether I know a Mr. Ruscommon. I sat there for what seemed an eternity, racking my brain to identify someone named Ruscommon. And finally I had to confess that I did not. ”He is the Messenger of the Order of the Bath’ he says, ‘sent by the Order’s King of Arms.’ ”My Lord, I do not recall having met him,’ I said.. "Please Denise, sit down. Would you like a drink?"The visitor slid into the booth on Barb's left hand side, even as Lee slipped in on the right side, putting barb between the two of them. Jason took their orders and brought chilled champagne to the table with his compliments. The three women enjoyed a wonderful meal. Declining dessert, regretfully in Barb's case as the chocolate cake here was nearly sinful in its richness but guaranteed to add an inch to her waistline. The threesome settled.