"She told me how you had a coffee and then made her remove her blouse before leaving." Kirsty looked straight at me, "She also told me about how you'd...winked at the waitress."The look she gave me was questioning so I answered her, "It was to do with how your mother was behaving when the girl had served us and it also confirmed that your mum had removed her blouse because I'd told her to." Mom said you'd had words after that," she said, her look still questioning.I sighed, "I told your mother. "I had to shake my head. "Well, then by all means welcome! Robert will be surprised, that's for sure."Six adults were a tight fit in the Benz. Fortunately, it could seat three in front and I picked Barbara and Irene, my sisters, to sit with me."Once you return home, bring this car back with you!" my father commented from the rear seats. "Those tail fin Mercedes fetch huge money at home." Papa, that may take a while if at all. I like the work here and now I'll have a wife and a child, too. We'll. He was behind her, with his hands crossed in front of her and shackled. There was no way they could even stand.When Eli turned them over to the jailer the next day, he stood looking at them for a minute.“Sam, if you ‘n Belle get out of this without a lot of time spent, just go back there and stop all your theivin’ and robbin’. If you don’t, I’ll be back to get you.”“We’ll get out of this, Eli, and we’ll be alright once we get back out there. We’re not bad folks; we’re just trying to make a. .but looking around, I just don't know. I decide to get a drink while I am figuring things out, so I walk up to the bar. I am eyed by several people, male and female, but this doesn't bother me. As the bartender (a muscular, shirtless man wearing a collar) sets my drink in front of me, he eyes me. "You must be Rhea."I almost inhale the alcohol I am drinking and stare back at him. "Who's asking?" You did come in here to meet someone, didn't you?" Well, yeah-um" I stammer."He has been expecting.