We’d already missed three days of school when the weather up our direction was a white-out. Our teachers were all considerate of the situation and w... could get our assignments online. Mr. Hammersmith even posted his geology lectures as podcasts so we didn’t miss any of his classes. Damned technology!Friday after school, Aubrey piled into the Explorer with us and came home for the weekend. Even our dating had been limited by the weather, and we were looking forward to a fun weekend. Sunday was. "Good! We'll start then. If all of you will be seated on the grass, I'll start with an explanation of who we are, and where we come from. Following that there will be a discussion on what crops are presently planted and growing. Lastly, I will explain what I would like to see happen here in the future as far as development of the area is concerned," I told them, before adding, "At some point, we will take a break and food will be served. The ladies have been busy preparing for this meeting. So Tish’s full name was Letitia! ‘You’ll want to meet Tish,’ said Tony. ‘I’ll see if I can find her,’ and he disappeared up the stairs. While he was gone I chatted with his parents who, in spite of their impressive titles, were really very pleasant. Then I heard Tony’s voice say, ‘Found her!’ and I looked around. Tony was leading Tish down the stairs. She was wearing slacks and a simple top. Her hair was in curlers, and she had some sort of beauty cream on her cheeks and forehead. ‘Tish, this. I had seen her in it, a great car. At eighteen she was broke; she had gone from the status of a rich woman to a poor beggar in less than an hour. Her home, car, clothes and jewelry had been taken, her credit cards voided. She was a lovely young widow with nothing but her beauty. But that, of course, was worth a lot to the right people.She had married Michael Sanderson, only son of Jefferson Samuelson the now-disgraced entrepreneur, about a year ago when she was seventeen and he was twenty-four..