Now there were fifteen more in the dry and it seemed a dozen more were getting close. The foundations seemed stretched out forever.Charles saw me and ...eaded toward where I stood gaping. I'm glad he started volunteering information because I couldn't even think of what to ask him."We're rolling now and doing better than I thought we would. Things really picked up after we increased the manpower," he said."Oh, I didn't realize you had," I said."I hope I haven't overstepped my authority," he said,. ‘Hey! That’s a restricted area. Save it for your bedroom!’ (Ah, you loved it, you wanker) When we got to her SUV Gail threw me the keys. I should have known she was up to something. Traffic was all fucked up due to construction on I-10. We wound up stuck in a big ass line going no where. I was so busy bitching about the stand still I never noticed Gail undoing her seat belt. She managed to slither under the dash and was working her way to my pants. It’s a good thing we didn’t run into a Boarder. He also told about some of the wonderful people he met. He talked aboutthe church, and their acceptance of the new lady. How they haveenjoyment that is more intense than white folks do. And then he stoppedtalking."My God, I didn't know." Whites don't know anythin' that goes on down there." Do you still have it on?" Ma'am?" You know. The thing it is locked up in. Do you still have it on?"Yas'm" Let me see it." Ma'am?" I said I want to see it. It is nothing that I haven't seen before,. " I heard the receiver on her end hit the cradle, ending the phone call.Lisa went out with Glen, and things at school started getting back to something even closer to normal. They were now better than they'd been ever since the cafeteria showdown had happened. A few girls even smiled at me now, mostly in the school hallways, but sometimes in my classes as well. The cold shoulder wasn't completely gone, but I could see definite signs that it was beginning to thaw.Three weeks after the incident.