When the song ended and another began, Brad tapped Jarrad on the shoulder. “My turn,” he said. Jarrad retreated to one of the couches. As they dan...ed, Brad whispered to Ashley. “Looks like he had his hands all over your ass. You wearing panties?”“Uh huh. You don't want me to take 'em off, do you?”“If it was just the two of us, for sure. But with you dancing with Jarrad too?” Brad looked questioningly at his stepsister. “You mean you would?”“Not unless you really wanted me to.”“I think I'd. Her mother, Sally, said, “I remember when we pulled out of Vietnam. That was one of the saddest days of my life.”“That whole Vietnam mess was horrible. That is a fine example of where politics and especially politicians got in the way of winning,” the Captain said. He swirled his glass before taking a sip of the scotch before adding “We had that war won, until Nixon caved it to the media.”Nodding his head, Mike said, “So is Iraq.”“Personally, I couldn’t give a damn about what happens to the. I raised my eyebrows and chuckled. At least the green hair made more sense now. She took a big rip and blew it out the window before reloading it and handing it to me. I wasn't about to be outdone by my kid cousin, so I took my hit in casually and blew a couple rings at her face, which she tried to inhale unsuccessfully. "That's not how it works," I told her."What do you mean?" she asked."That's not how you shotgun a hit," I said."Well how do you do it then, professor?" She laughed and handed. Hilly and the other men had Red’s saddle on the mare and she stood every bit as tall as Red. Her head was held high, but she was as calm as she could be.“You want th’ sack on this’n?” Hilly asked.“No, I just need to calm her down some so she’ll let me stay on her.”I stepped around and pulled her head down to talk to her. ‘Look big girl, old Red over there wants you to be his wife, but you’ll have to let me ride you first. Nobody out here but Kane and me, thinks I can ride you. Just get used to.