Rick busts out laughing. “I’m just fucking with you Malcolm. You’re too serious.”Malcolm sighs audibly. “I kind of have to be.”“How so?�...� Rick asks, sitting forward, intently waiting.“It’s my girlfriend, Mio,” the man begins. “She’s getting tired of me working so damn much. Hell, I’m tired of working so much.”“Then don’t,” Rick says. “Hell, take some time off if you need to.”“Really?” Malcolm asks, his face lighting up.“Yeah, yeah,” Rick answers with a smile and wave of his hand as he sits back. “Did you know that that plain is crawling with smallpox?”“Really?”“Yes, no white men or Indians will go near it. The smallpox got up there a long time ago and wiped out the entire settlement. The Indians keep away from it.”“We’ve been up there, and we were wondering if anyone had a claim to it.”“We know there was a settlement at one time, but no one wants claim to it because of the smallpox.”“So, we could file a homestead for the plain?”“Homestead!? Are you two deaf? The place is crawling with. Wait. It was from the principal. The nearly thirty something year old brunette leaned forward to check out her screen; had there been any male students in the room they would have checked Miss Williams out. Her features were the make of a natural beauty, her curves just perfect. Many students tried to get a glimpse down Miss Long's blouses, some even knocked pencils and pens off their desk hoping she'd be nice enough to lean over to give them a view of her perfectly formed C-Cup breasts. Even. A formerman, but ... but, well, Eva, isn't Matt a little ... well, big? No, I don't mean physically -- well, I guess I do mean physically,but ... you know, that part of him, isn't it rather ... big? Iheard that the real reason his wife left him was because -- shetold this to a friend and then another friend heard it and told me,so this isn't gospel mind you -- but I heard the reason for theirseparation and divorce was she couldn't take it any more, thatfucking Matt was like fucking a football,.