As a result by the time I signed out, I was feeling upbeat.Alison was waiting for me in her car, along with another young woman.She smiled at me, and ...aid, "Tessa, this is Veronica Holms. You may haveseen her among us yesterday." I do remember seeing you," I stated."I hope you will forgive us, eventually," she said, looking rathersheepish."If today is typical of what women go through, I think I understand whyyou might be upset," I answered, "I'm still not sure why you picked mefor your test. Eli and Isaac exchanged looks, then looked again to see the young men giving the porter a hard time. Eli recognized the black porter; it was Sammy, the man he’d met on his first trip to Boones Crossing.To Eli, Sammy looked much older, though it had only been four years since he’d seen him. He watched as Sammy made his way toward the back, stopping briefly next to each passenger to speak.Before Sammy came to Eli, he recognized him. With a big smile on his face, he greeted Eli.“Lawdy, Lawdy,. .. she was concerned about that bastard! I groaned and told her the story.I had asked Bill if he knew any of the girls who worked at the tittie bars in town ... specifically a black girl.He did and took me to Diamonds to meet Cinnamon Sugar ... no kidding, that was what she called herself on stage. I spent 200 bucks to get her attention and outlined Lisa's story; how Ron had taken advantage of her trust then posted her sex pictures on the 'net along with her name and phone numbers, and my plan. ’ Her thoughts were filled with relief. They also started to turn more personally positive towards me, I didn’t have to wait until she was done with her data collection, I was doing this just to be a nice guy to her, and she knew it. ‘I would really appreciate if you did let me finish before you leave, because I won’t be able to continue without the subject pool that only you have access to. I would hate to get so close and then have to wait or even start over.’ ‘Yeah, I know,’ I said, ‘a nice.