Allison glared and tried walking past him to go upstairs."Where you goin", her uncle asked still rubbing at the growing lump in his pants."Allison did...t answer and pushed past him into the front room and started picking up her back-pack and books. She didnt want to see him like this and she was a little embarrassed, knowing that when he sobered up, hed be upset about it too.Uncle Pete grabbed her arm with his free hand and being as thin as she was, his fingers easily wrapped around her upper. No sir, it started with Mayors getting the ear of a politician and getting a little something extra for his town. US 31 didn't miss all the little towns ... it went through some of them. The towns that couldn't afford the bribe or didn't think a State highway would make a difference were bypassed. The ones that paid a little up front? ... they became places to visit ... to shop and go see the machinist who was rapidly replacing the blacksmith who had replaced the wagon builder.Besides, roads. Coach Roberts stood there, a knowing smile on his face. The bear was huge, probably two feet taller than Lawton. Muscles rippled across his beefy body. The coach had been a professional lifter and football player before going into coaching. He still lifted every day, resulting in the kind of large, massive, intimidating form more at home on the field than the sidelines."Oh, hey, Coach," Lawton said, his impish smile returning. "How's it going?" Just thought I'd see how you're doing," the. After a few minutes of laughing and joking Scott asked if the girls fancied going back to his house as his parents were away and he had the place to himself and that there was plenty of alcohol should they fancy a couple of drinks. After a bit of deliberating the girls agreed and the four of them headed off.When they got to Scott's he went off to the kitchen and came back with beer and wine so the four of them poured themselves some drinks and they all sat there talking and laughing and being.