After the meal Kate excused herself saying she wanted a bath before bed and disappeared upstairs leaving us to watch a bit of TV. When she returned sh... was wearing a long red dress, red high heels and a curious smile. She asked me whether I had paid the boys for their efforts. I stuttered a no at which point she simply said leave it to me and lift the dress over her head revealing that she was wearing nothing but stocking and suspenders underneath. The lads could not look away, scanning up and. I didn't become her friend to make her 'mine' or for anything like that. She deserves what she is asking for, and if I were selfish, I would tell her otherwise. I hope she finds what she is looking for."Miranda could tell, although Arrian's words were spoken with unchanging tone and conviction, his heart was breaking."I'm sorry Arrian."Even in his pain, he smiled at her. He couldn't help it, yes he loved Sam, but she wanted something he couldn't give to her. She had the right to find someone. I needed to check with Joe, Johnny, and Albert Lee before I left.“Josey, nobody has been nosing around this place since we started guarding it for you. Papa and two more men come on at night and we make sure the place is safe twenty-four hours a day,” Joe told me as we stood in the hangar and talked.“Joe, thanks for making sure this place is safe for me. After the first of the year, the county and state will have men here and you won’t have to watch it any more. Here’s some money I want to give. Bennington looked like she was back in her element as she laid out all the basic rules and then started prattling on about the male participants getting relief during the first five minutes of every class; as if this was some super important point. At this time the senior male participant, Hank Higgins, asked what for and produced the most intense look of shock I've ever seen on an adult face, including the one she had just shown at the podium not forty minutes before.When she recovered a bit,.