Christ! You had us flipping out!’ Mary exclaimed and Hollie smacked the brunette on the ass. ‘Oh I am so going to have to get you back for that!!...�� Tammy grinned and laughed, ‘Sure sure…you can try.’ Fussing over each other, the girls made their way to Tammy’s room and collectively admired the plush, beautifully decorated room. ‘Oh wow.’ Hollie murmured. ‘This beats a Motel 6 any day.’ ‘Well it’s not home, but it is nice,’ Tammy admitted. ‘But when I was getting started I spent plenty of time. I killed the engine and we both dismounted. As she began to fill out the registration form I started up a conversation. "Hi, my name is Dick." "Hi Dick, I'm Rose." "Very pleased to meet you, Rose. I'm sorry I can't take you up on your very tempting offer, but I have commitments that I have to honor tonight. But I could keep you company for a little while. We could compare war stories, see who can tell the biggest lies, that sort of thing." "Sure, sounds good." She slipped the completed. Jim DUMPED her, as she would put it. His reasons were shallow-sounding, but hey, he was kind of shallow! Now that she reflected on it. In the night, east of Winnemucca, she opened the blind and watched the stars moving across the train window sky. The desert beyond the tracks was empty, just showing some distant lights from the freeway on the horizon. It was cowboy country. Jim would be at home here: no involvements, no one trying to touch him, no subtleties. The train had passed a famous. Except for a couple of nuns and my crazy Aunt Jane, Ive never met a woman who never used at least one of these. And Im not so sure what the nuns did before they took their vows, either. Kim plopped down across from Connie again. She was wearing dark blue silk pajamas under a loose dressing gown. She was still blushing. Connie reached over and patted Kims forearm. Its okay! Relax! She went back to studying the goods in the catalog. Ive heard about these, she said, tapping one photograph. Ever.