"Thanks, you're a life-saver!" she said, lighting one, inhaling deeply,then blowing a long stream of smoke towards the ceiling with a sigh ofrelief.It...seemed improbable to Spock that giving her a cigarette had saved thisyoung woman's life. From what he understood of the dangers of tobacco,he was more likely to have imperilled it. Looking around, he could seethat most of the other women were also lighting-up, filling the roomwith unpleasant fumes. He wrinkled his nose and frowned at. It's been a godsend." Shay glanced over at Kent, who shrugged as if knowing nothing. "Your father hasn't look so good in years. Francis, it's Shay. Big news." Shay?" Now seeing him on the screen she had to admit he looked five years younger. The stress of the farm and the debt off his shoulders."Daddy, Kent asked me to marry him." He put a ring on your finger?" Shay waved her fingers at the screen."Engaged. We'll marry after college. That's the plan." I'll be damned. I may have underestimated. Then I sent her a text message on the phone. "Hi Susan! I really enjoyed that very special dinner on the kitchen table and I am hungry even when I think about it ;) Randy" I was very nervous as I waited for a reply. Then it came. "Wow, now this got really interesting. Call us like agreed on the email. He doesn't know." That was all I needed to know!I called them and soon all the boring details like the date and the hotel was agreed. Fortunately it was going to happen pretty soon, the next. Missy wasn't so lucky. Lisa Stewart and Candy Lewis were very vocal in their refusal to sell her tickets, and Mrs. Hinckley wasn't around to save her.In fact, Friday's big rumor was that Missy was no longer head cheerleader. In fact, the rumors said she was no longer a cheerleader at all. I knew how hurt Missy would be if it was true, so for the first time in my life, I felt that I had to find out if a school rumor was true. Missy wasn't talking to anyone, however, and after her confrontation.