."Marigold, who had gotten into her bra and panties, stopped dressing, "Thule, I told you last night how I feel about you. I thought you felt the same... Now, I don't know. Do you... feel the same?"Thule smiled sadly, "I haven't really let myself think about it, Marigold. There are a lot of things I need to do before the end of summer--things I can't tell you about. This would be a very bad time for me to fall in love."Marigold lowered her head, ordering herself not to cry, "Oh." Mechanically,. She was telling me during the drive over that she had been looking forward to getting a good fucking before school and she was a little mad that I had refused her."That girl called me last night and she really wants to do some stuff with us. Mostly with you I think. She's probably just using me in order to get access to your sweet pussy."I could feel Audrey reacting to the idea of what I'd just told her. She was definitely interested. I had noticed that she had been quite taken with Dana's. So Big bad Barney's gonna run the show huh? well there's not much of any real trouble down here. Barney's a good guy though, been dropping in for coffee at breakfast for as long as I can remember and Thelma Lou? wheee-ew, nice bit of ass there and Miss Crump has a set of knockers a guy could have a good time with.Pa had just left as did Aunt Bea but I waited half to three quarters of an hour in case someone forgot something, turns out it was me who forgot that old Barney had keys to the house.. No."I sighed. "It's not that easy." Why not? He's trying to exploit you."Cassie sat up a bit straighter. "Now, Mia, I don't think he's doing that. I just think he wants to let what he views as a heroic act steal some of the limelight of all the negative stuff going on in the world. I mean, what would he have to gain personally?" It's like Brody said," Mia contended. "He's trying to get good press for himself and for his business."Before Cassie could respond, I interrupted. "Whatever his.