The house was okay, but the more she thought about the concept the weirder it seemed to her. What exactly was supposed to happen in a nerd heaven? If ...t was bubble-headed blonds bouncing around in cheerleader outfits, then it was hell as far as she was concerned. She cringed at the thought of having to wear an outfit like that."It's small," Bambi said.Amber said, "It's perfect except they forgot the pom poms. I was a little disappointed about that." Pom poms?" There was a time when I wanted to. I pressed the button and waited but there was no response. It was a warm, humid night and I could feel s sheen of perspiration on the exposed parts of my body which didn’t help with my dwindling patience. I kept buzzing until I heard a “Yeah,” with a bunch of music pounding in the background.“I’m looking for Ben Martin”, I said.“Who?”“BEN MARTIN,” I said louder.“Just a minute,” said the voice.After a couple of minutes I noticed the camera on the gate swivel and look down at me. “Wow!” came a. I introduced myself and she told me her name was Joann, Jo for short. We exchanged phone numbers and over the next several weeks had lunch a few times. After just a couple of meetings I felt I knew her all my life. There was a real connection there.After a few weeks I asked her out to dinner to one of my favorite restaurants, we had a great meal and even danced a bit. About midnight we decided that it was time to head out because it was another forty minuets back to her house. As we got onto. Bryce remained quiet but he could definitely smell the foul odor of the huge man in the seat behind him. Looking up at a mirror, he could see Don’s long stringy unwashed hair and a face that hadn’t been shaved in quite a while. ‘What are you looking at boy?’ Don barked from the back seat at the young deputy. ‘Nothing sir, I . . . I just have never met you . . . but I’ve heard a lot about you.’ ‘Nothing good, I’ll bet!’ Don said with disdain and then stared out the side window. Bryce caught a.