She concedes, “If I’m out for a ride, I might as well add another km or two.”“Thanks, what would you be willing to do to get the jocks to stop...going after girls?”“In my book, they deserve to die. There are only two types of sins you can’t truly repent from. Murder and some sexual sins. Only, I’m not built like Carol, and I don’t have Kim’s training or skill, so there isn’t much I can do.”“Isn’t that against your beliefs? Thou shalt not kill, and all that.”“That always confused me. That is part. Ladies first,” and stepped back to let her break. This was the only event Maggie was worried about, having a very uneven break shot, but the only luck she needed occurred at the start, when she sank the seven ball off the break. Calling, “Odds!” she promptly proceeded to run the table, much to everyone’s amazement.Her competitors were less than generous, finding themselves blown off the table in under five minutes. As the small guy muttered imprecations, the larger one slapped a quarter down. “How are you?”“I’m well! How about you?”“Can’t complain.”“I just got the rental car,” she was driving again. “Do you want anything from the store or something to eat?”“Goodness gracious. I should’ve already thought about that, baby. But, I haven’t. I don’t know what I want to eat.”“How about a chicken dinner?”“I don’t really want that.”“Fish?”“That’ll work!”“Alright. What do you want? Regular battered? And what sides,” the daughter checked.“I’ll take a baked potato and baked beans.”“You got. While I faltered and didn’t say anything, he took it the wrong way and his eyes fell and his hands started to fall. “Tam!” I said. He looked up with hope in his eyes. “Tamerson Brooks, I’ll take your hand in marriage,” I cried softly. He jumped up with glee and took the ring out of the tiny box as I produced my left hand for him to lavish with his ring. Both of our faces were decorated with smiles of happiness as we went to tell everyone we were engaged. Most everyone on the ranch was.