She’s a cute girl, I’ve always told her how adorable she was and that she deserved better, but she never seemed to get it until this last guy. I ...iked him for her, but that’s not to say I liked him--we weren’t the best of pals. I couldn’t blame him for that though, his girl and I were close and that’d make any soon-to-be husband a bit uneasy, but I assured him that Julia and I were just friends and there was no history there of a sexual nature. I wasn’t lying either. It never went there. " A hurricane blew through her head and body. Words couldn't come from her mouth. All she could do was smile. She was unable to say much, the rest of the evening.When Dan dropped her off at her apartment, he said, "Cindy, thank you for allowing me the honor of accompanying you, this evening. I was very impressed to hear the CEO talk of your accomplishments. You've turned out to be a pretty amazing woman."Cindy didn't know what to say, or even if words would come out of her mouth, but she did. As soon as the doors to the great hall are closed, the king speaks again. “Rise creature.”Penelope had remained on the floor, not sure what to do next. Once she hears his command to stand, she quickly does and blurts out the first thing that comes into her head. “I didn’t come here for him, I came here for you.”Oh, good going. Sound like a raving maniac like the prince.“I am not at all like my son,” the king says.Quick, tell him who we are.“Right,” she mumbles. Then looking up at the king, she. ” Bob was sitting in the kitchen when Sandy returned. He was still wearing his damp cutoffs but at least his shirt was dry. Sandy was wearing a button-front blouse and ripped jeans with the top and bottom buttons of the blouse left undone. She was probably braless but the heavy material of the blouse left that as an uncertainty. Her look was sexy, but certainly within the norms of what a girl her age might wear to the mall. Sandy remembered Bob's favorite lunch – it was hers too. After frying.