Lief slides the quad to his side of the bar as he says, “Mark and John have taken the job. I’ll hold this until they’re done.” I, and a few ot...ers, nod yes at his statement of watching the money for them. He looks at me and says, “I gather you’re the Lord Al who’s claiming Lordship!”“Yes. I’ve been fighting the Brotherhood for over a year now. I’m pushing them back to the east where they started. King Sid’s land runs up to the river and he doesn’t wish to extend his lands this way. A few of the. Brenda kissed Mr. Karl a long hot kiss good bye and said shewould see him later that day. She then turned to me and smiled andtold me how proud she was of me and how nice I looked in the fancyFrench Maid's uniform. She then asked how it felt and I told her itfelt wonderful. Her eyes got big and she repeated "wonderful" to meand I nodded my head up and down and said "wonderful" and told herhow it felt on my legs and how I loved the swishing it made.I then asked her if I could wear it all the. The secretary barely looked at it; she only read it long enough to mark his absences as 'excused' in the system. As a matter of fact, he had to draw her attention to the part of the note that got him out of swim for the next two weeks. She just rolled her eyes and made a copy, giving him back the original and telling him to give it to Mrs. Ponart, the swim coach. Honestly, the school administration truly didn't care if the students showed up or not as long as they attended enough to get counted. As I was walking down the street, Ryan caught up with me...Ryan was clearly in a party mood, and very talkative as we walked along the street together. I was struggling to find any sort of meaningful things to say to him. I didn't actually know why he was walking with me, let alone talking. So I asked him why he was no longer with his friends.He had told his friends that he wasn't feeling so great and was going to head home. I asked him if he was OK and he told me that he'd made it up so that.