It is part of the job to read people and I was almost as sure that you would come back sooner or later. I had played with you but I hadn’t thrown yo... out or called the cops. When you get older you usually act older. You acted like a kid with an attitude, but most kids want a safe place and help when times are hard, just like adults.’ ‘Will you help me through this?’ Now she was a little girl, seeking comfort. ‘I can’t promise that. It isn’t all up to me you know, but I promise I will stand. Just solong as you know what you're letting yourself in for she'd finishedgrinning mischievously both of us knowing by then that I only had to popthe question and she'd say yes immediately.However I had to keep holding back asking her to my place as the longstanding problem of Brendan was always unhappily and unspoken in thebackground, much as I desperately wanted to invite her as well. Theproblem was he almost never went out except for shopping just slept or satin his room nearly all day long. " She indicated a bowl of tiddlywinks on the table. "If it lands on a 3 or 4, Linda takes one, and if it lands on a 5 or 6, Pete takes something off." What's the deal with the counters?" I asked,"You'll find out when you're naked." my girlfriend answered.The game was really simple and went pretty much as I expected. The girls won counters each, and I shed clothes. By the time I was down to my boxers and socks, Linda had got the biggest stash of counters.The die came up with a 6. I took off a. "You'll pay for this," he told me, holding his head back and pushing the stained white cloth against his thin nose."Probably," I agreed, feeling right proud of myself. "Now come along and lead your horses." I told the two men who had taken the guns to follow and then yelled, like to an army instead of a three-man squad, "Stay down, men, and guard the bridge. I'll return presently." I thought I sounded like a real officer and puffed out my chest.Keeping the bleeding fellow in the fancy jacket.