I looked around. Then I poked my head back into the living room, where Dave had plopped down on the couch, his back toward me. Billy remained standing..."Where will I sleep?" I asked.Billy said, "I can buy a bigger bed after my next paycheck. Till then, you can sleep on the floor or the couch." Ha!" Dave glanced at Billy. "She can stay in my bed. It's big enough." He turned to me with his arm resting on the back of the couch. "How's that sound, Amber?" Dude, not cool!" Billy said. But then he was. How are you doing?” I was surprised by his smile. I had geared up mentally to argue with him.“Good, thanks.”He flipped off the light in the barn, stepped into the yard, and latched the barn door behind him. “I’m glad you stopped by. I’ve been getting quite an earful at home over the past couple of months because of you.”I was confused now. “About what?”“About the fact that I may have been a little premature in asking you to stay away from Jeryl for a while.”“I hope you know that I’ve honored. She has been too timid to talk to him that much outside the initial discussion about using her first name. But she’s endlessly curious.I have a few days more of house-sitting, maybe I can gather the courage to ask him about, well, him. Agnes thinks, excited at the prospect.Zion is used to being alone.Mr. Clay travels a lot, both for work and for fun. He takes his friends with him whenever he can as well, which means that Zion is left to administer an empty house a lot of the time. He can’t say. ..yes...look I can explain" I stuttered, my face now bright red incolour. "No don't bother" Kelly said "you just sit there and we can finishthis off. Just stay there for a minute I need to get something" sheput her hands on my shoulder and pushed down gently just to re-inforcethe 'sit there' command. She walked back over to the reception area and then she disappearedfrom my sight. I noticed that the woman on my right had left whileKelly had been doing my hair. However, the girl on my left was.