”Gordon agreed, he had visited all the printers on this side of the river all the way to Santa Fe, but had no jurisdiction in Mexico. With relations...touchy between the two governments, he would have to have some compelling proof before he asked for help from the Federales.I guess there is some reward for a good deed, or else the card gods were smiling on me Wednesday night, because I won a nice poke. I was already sixty dollars ahead for the week, including paying for my clothes and upgrading. ..a good rate for a 20-year old back then. She needed time to select the paint color and would call me when she was ready for my services.The following week, Mrs. "X" did call and I went to work for her. It was early morning when I arrived and the k**s were preparing for school. Mrs "X" was making their lunches dressed in a bathrobe with a towel wrapped around her freshly showered hair. Soon the k**s were off to catch the bus. No sooner were they half way up the driveway did Mrs. "X" attack me. The newfound delight of sexual congress was enhanced by the illicit nature of their liaison although she kept telling herself that it was the devil's fault.And now Bob was worried. And maybe a bit macho. Two weeks after Lucinda had revealed her pregnancy, little Leena had come to his room.Mr. Best, Sir? I'm scairt. I'm real late and I think you musta knocked me up?He hoped but so far in vain that it was a false alarm. Damn. If he got out of this one he'd get a vasectomy, for sure. And if he. "Fawn?" came a quiet voice from the door."Yes," she said, turning. Then she couldn't say another word. Standing there was Mr. Grimes, her high school principal. No wonder Jack had warned her about saying anything about his intimate little session.Mr. Grimes could be a world of trouble for both of them if she did let it leak out he got his jollies with his students."You're very attractive. Jack didn't lie. Let's get on with it," he said, putting a small briefcase down beside the solitary chair.