" He put his hands on his hips and scratched one leg with the sole of his foot. "So now you're just shivering and a-shaking, scared to death that we m...ght bump up against each other or that I might grab you real good and give you a heart attack or something."Billie-Ann tried hard to meet his eyes. "Maybe..." She knew he was right. Hanson always was."So why not let's get it over with?" He put out his hand, palm up. "Here, give me your hand."Billie stepped back another foot, eyes wide and mouth. But after driving her to a rundown section of hollywood, they arrived at a dive bar. 'This is it?' she asked.'Yeah girl, they rented the spot out. We going to go off!'The two got out of the car and he went to get her a drink as she sat alone in a booth. There was almost no one there. He returned to the table with two glasses of champagne fizzing richly.'Oooh. I love-a champagne. Is a really-a-good.' she enthused.'Drink all you want,' as he set the bottle closer to her.The two chatted, he put. . outrageous.”I looked at Sammy and Lynette and gave them a wink when I mentioned ‘evil‘ or ‘outrageous‘ to the young ladies. I knew that both of my friends would understand the meaning behind my selected words.I then looked at our teacher and whispered to her, “You’ll remember all of this except for my following talk with your students.” Mrs. Bumstead shuttered for a second and then gave me a subtle nod of confirmation.“Okay, ladies ... what you’ll see if very important and we want you to. I explained some of the things I had been doing, keeping it scrupulously above board.“And how are you getting on with my niece?”There was a snort of stiffled laughter from the area where coffee was being made.“Umm ... your niece?”A further snort, which occasioned a rebuke from Miss Constance.“Behave yourself Rose!”And then:“Yes, Charlotte, Charley.”“Oh!” pause, “Ohhh, right, yes, Charley. Charley is your ... niece. So that would make...”“Patty, her mother. Yes.”Blow me!“I see. Well we’re.