"You know, Fran, I thought you were talking about my Paulie then ... except he's never been a brat ... he's always been lovely!" She gave her friend's...hand a squeeze and he just smiled."Well, I'm sorry, but I've got to go now!" Fran said, "It was lovely to meet you both! I hope we meet again before you go back: maybe in the bar later." She's so nice!" Penny said, when she'd gone, "I hope they stay together!"The food was good and subsidised, so they ate and then walked slowly back to her. Dreams where I'm swept off myfeet while dinning and dancing with some cute guy.As I got older and dad went into the military, mom still didn'tunderstand me. She would often scream at me if I would borrow her hats,jewelry and such to wear about town in public. It sometimes surprise myhearing is as good as it is today with all the screaming she'd do. Atthe time I again began to wonder how much she cared for me.I especially wondered on her love for me when her screaming includingstuff like sitting. Then Deirdre took her leave, giving Cassie a hug, and me a prolonged hug complete with a smouldering kiss before going on her way, throwing the comment over her shoulder that ‘we must do this again sometime’.I agreed, she really was a lot of fun.“She your latest?” asked Cassie, coming into the hallway.“Just a friend,” I said.“Yeah, and then some!” scoffed Cassie. She obviously felt a lot better already, not surprising really: she had a lot of practice getting over being dumped. “She’s nice,”. He took his weight off me now, knowing that half tied up I wouldn’t be able to get away from him. He tied the rope to a close by tree, maybe two feet away where I couldn’t be able to reach to untie the rope. He took his time tying my left wrist and ankle; the struggle had gone out of me by now. He then tied that one to a tree a metre away on the other side of me. ?Stupid girl.? He muttered, ?You didn’t put up much of a fight.? He knelt down beside where I was tied up and crying, ?I’ll bet.