It started mid-afternoon and none of their men were allowed to show up until dusk, by which time most of the ladies were half in the bag. Then an almo...t-anything-goes party ensued.“Oh good,” Zach said. “I’ll be sure to show up and check out the scenery. I hope you’re going to wear that skimpy bikini you had on last year.”“Oh no, I don’t think so. But I have another one you might like.”“That’s good. You gotta let that hot body out! Not hide it behind that black cloak you have on. Makes it hard. Making her way back to her room with a fresh glass of iced water, she looked around her room, trying to find something to occupy herself. She didn't want to seem desperate. She wasn't desperate. She couldn't deny her desire to return to the chat room, but she wanted to wait. Spying the joint, she sat at the computer and sipped her water.Oh, what the hell, she thought, picking it up and lighting it. She drew deeply and immediately regretted it, coughing so hard her eyes watered. Once under. Never in all the four bloody years of the terrible war had a Confederate army come so close to the Union nerve center, to the Congress, to the Treasury, and to Abraham Lincoln. Robert Lee had not been able to do it. Thomas Jonathan Jackson, whose old brigade marched in his army, had not done it. Stuart's flamboyant horsemen had come this close, but that was just a lark, perhaps a mistake as it turned out. Now it was Early's turn. Dust, diarrhea and desertion be damned. He might not capture the. " Claire had flown up to New York for a couple of days to be with Joe and Beth Mansard.Crystal went on, "Each of us has those photos on our phones, and I know I sent a few of them to you and the others; I think I even sent one of your beautiful appendage to my mother as a memento of her last visit with us when you fucked her silly. I'll be in the soup pretty soon, no doubt. I gather you just called Margo? I heard the last couple of words of your call." Yes; I'll hear back in a while. I don't.