Everything still looks the same as the day I left four years ago. Nothing has changed as far as I can tell. There’s Connors Store just ahead,” he ...nswered and pointed out his Grandpa’s store, then reached out to pull Isaac back.“Come over next to this store and wait. There’s Marshal Hopkins headed to Grandpa’s store now. I wanted to walk in and surprise them if we could,” Eli whispered as he pulled them back to stand near a doorway until Dal Hopkins had entered the store.“Eli, how old is. At least, that seemed the sort of thing, to her, that a cunning lady might try to do.“Yes, milady,” the serving girl replied.Once she was laced in, Desiree dismissed her serving girl and proceeded to the tea room where her royal guest was waiting. Making the king wait also seemed like a cunning thing to do. Her lord husband often made people visiting him on business wait unnecessarily.As she meandered her way through the manor, Desiree couldn’t help but notice that her husband’s house guards. He offered to show me a few of his favourite bars and said he knew of the best clubs in the area. He told me his name was Vazz with a double ZZ. I didn't need to be asked twice, in fact I almost lay down on the floor with my legs apart at that point. He tiold me the band's time slot and he said he'd meet me outside the hotel as the management frown on them mixing with the guests.I didn't glam up too much, a simple floaty dress, sandals and light layer of makeup, less to take off right? I. "Atwood chuckled, "I think that young bank officer is going to prison and he may take a few friends with him." Atwood, what are you talking about?" Well-l-l," he drawled, enjoying the suspense he was creating. "I think I'm talking about fraud. That young man forgot to remove the copies of some of the other papers he had attached to his copy of the abstract. I am looking at copies of some paid receipts for those taxes on Howard's land that the county said were never paid. The receipts have dates.