I had been flown down to spend the weekend with a doctor who was attending a medical convention. I was his girlfriend for the weekend and I really had...a great time staying on South Beach for a few days. My client was an attractive and smart man and even though he was 62 years old, he was more than able to keep up with his much younger escort. Lou had called me when my plane had landed and had asked me to stop by the club on my way back to my condo. He said that he had missed me and I knew. "Jed joined the laughter with more than a little relief thrown in. "Hell, they wuz a big enough band ta give us a real fit ifen they hadn't run off. I 'spect we owe y'all our lives. Would y'all be willin' ta ride along with us ta El Paso? I'll hire y'all on as guards. We'd all be obliged ifen y'all would agree to that."Keith looked at Sam and she nodded agreement, so he said, "Shore, Jed, we'll ride along with ya. What wages do ya offer?"They negotiated for a few minutes, and Keith and Sam. Stepping to the edge of the bubble I started to throw the seeds that were in the bag all the way around our camp. Nodding I snapped my fingers watching all the seeds dig down deep 'til they might be needed. Grabbing the other bag I pulled out a single flat piece of metal. Waving my hand over it, it soon split into thirty two identical pieces. Motioning I watched all of them fly to equal distances from each other then bury themselves. With that done I wondered if I needed more of them, then. The people of Horn City out-voted my rule for a councillor to stay in power for no more than three, five-year terms in office. Vaughn is still the Deputy-Mayor.He does still have to get voted in every five years, but the people keep voting him in as they do most of the rest of the councillors. The councillors still have a zooid attached to their offices, and we still have the same voting process with the forums.However, Vaughn doesn’t have to oversee Ochre City anymore. Ala Bay married one of.