He shifted his arm slightly and ran his fingers down her back to confirm this. Anita looked at him and smiled. Leaning into him, she whispered into hi... ear, “I took it off. It was killing me.”“What about...” he began to ask.“Them, too.” They smiled at each other, and then she whispered. “Play your cards right, hero, and maybe you’ll get a hero’s reward later.” She snuggled into his side and stretched her legs out.John wasn’t the only person in the room to notice Anita’s change. Both Caroline. Perhaps because Bryant was staring at the glass she had just slid in front of him."I'll get you another," she said hurriedly. "Sorry. That was really stupid of me. I'm not really an idiot, although you might not agree since you've only known me today."Bryant shrugged it off and laughed. He picked up his beer and took another drink — careful to put the lipstick side away from his mouth. He turned to see the bartender looking at him curiously."Hey, Chuck, set me up one of those and another for. " I don't like where this talk is heading," Williams said."Then lets just drop the subject. Politics is nothing but slop to begin with. I like the remark Jay Leno stated a few years back. He said, 'That the Republicans call the Democrats liars. The Democrats call the Republicans liars. And that is the only time they tell the truth.'"That made Williams break out into a loud laugh, "That's so true," he said still laughing."It doesn't matter who runs this country," she said. "It will be the same a. " We had to hike the last thirty miles on foot in the snow," Mikey Lawrence called out. "How'd you get to Boston?" Yes, how did you?" Mike Lawrence added."I walked," Molly answered simply before laughing, " ... at least the first four or five hundred miles." My sister?" Mikey teased. "My hates-to-camp sister? That is hard to believe." You really walked out of Sedro-Woolley?" Mike Lawrence asked. "Like that guy they are calling the 'Hero of Omak'?" The 'Hero of Omak' is Josh," Molly explained..