She would see all the girls in school hooking up with hot guys but it was always the same for her when Valentine's day rolled around. She would spend ...he day alone and without anyone to share the joy with. Her only friend who seemed to always be around was Amanda; the girl who lived next door to Ashley. Amanda had moved in over the summer and now it was closing in on the winter months. Ashley kind of missed the summer months but not because of the warmth. She would miss those months because she. Before the daughter left for Oregon, Byron Carbonet always stayed with his daughter in a hotel the night before she was to leave for Oregon.Don Carter spread a few twenties around the hotel and found that the room that Byron Carbonet always used was rented on an annual basis by the corporation. The corporation had exclusive use of the room. Don slipped a clerk a hundred dollar bill and the clerk agreed to save the room, next to the corporate room, for Don the next time that Byron Carbonet used. " We all sat around the coffee table passing the joint until we were all thoroughly buzzed. I figured it was time for a little initiative on my part. Picking up a deck of cards off the table, I said "Anyone for a little poker?" Stan smiled, he loved poker because he always won, and replied "Sure baby, let me get the chips." I looked at Judy and smirked "I have an idea! Why don't we just skip the chips and play a little strip poker?" Stan looked at me sheepishly and said "Are you sure. "You know you're very pretty," Isabelle said."What?" Emmanuel asked with a laugh."You're hot," Isabelle explained."I know that, but I'm not pretty," Emmanuel said with another laugh."No. You're so pretty. You're prettier than a lot of girls."Emmanuel shook his head at her words, even though he felt that theywere true in his heart when he thought about some ugly girls he hadknown in his life, some of whom his family had even tried to set him upwith to advance the family business further."Why.