She herself had not seen a glimpse of a bathtub for several months and the last time she washed herself had been a couple of days earlier in a cold ri...er at the side of the road. Her blush deepened."The journey was pleasant, but long, Mr. Karlsson," Lisa said without raising her eyes."I understand that," said the farmer. "And I really think a bath would be nice, right? And maybe a hot meal?"Lisa's stomach churned in response and the farmer's warm smile widened, though she could sense something. " I'm not getting ahead any on what you've been paying me, Jimmy. My truck is ten years old, and that piece of crap Chevy we got for Katie barely runs at all. We drive around in vehicles that could quit running at any time, and you give both those girls of yours almost new Mustangs. You hardly even know those girls, especially Dee, but you've already spent more on each of them this month than you've paid me for working my ass off for you for the past six months." We didn't get that car for. "Okay now we should sleep." He jumped back on his bed and went to sleep. I decided it would be best to do the same. The next morning he didn't say anything to me. Just got ready and made his way to school. All day that kiss was on my mind. What did I do wrong? Should I have kissed more? Heading home I tried walking with him but he just ignored me. Later that night the mattress was still beside his bed so I just layed laid down and tried to sleep. "Hey I'm sorry I ignored you I just thought you. Wow, it's been a few years since my last contribution in theform of fiction, how you been? I felt the urge to get creative againrecently and this was the result. As previously I've gone for a Magicstory, as I feel there is plenty of CD already; I've also tried to bea little more original than the clich?," plots which I greatly hopesatisfies. Also as previous, have I stuck to the first-personviewpoint, as I like to be a little different and was?appreciated afew years ago with my old stories. I.