Patti gave Sally Jean a conspiratorial wink and a smile just before the door shut behind them, and the smile only grew as she enjoyed the relief of no...more awkward comments for the moment. Once again she felt awash in the frustration and humiliation that had been her near constant companion since June — even the kids pitying her, for heaven’s sake! — and she very nearly made up her mind to forget about asking Tom out. Nearly…but hadn’t she suffered long enough over George and Jolene? Patti. What I didn't realize was just how big a mistake I was making, riding Lightning like that. It's not as if I had any way of finding out, and Lightning himself didn't know. But at the time I didn't know any of that. It was just a pleasure to sit on my friend.When Lightning was ready, we made our way out of the glade toward my home. I wasn't sure this was safe. My Aunt and her family wouldn't scare Lightning — unless Brot had his bow - but hopefully they'd have gone without me. Lightning didn't. You said it's no problem, but a hundred 'k' is a lot, and they want to have it before they ship. And the second one is the two-week delivery time. Are we going to be here that long?" No way," I replied. "I have an appointment with terrorists in Florida on Memorial Day. That is a firm date. We'll want to be there as soon as we can get there." That brings up another subject," she said, softly. "I trust you, Zeus. If you say there are terrorists who'll be in Florida on Memorial Day, then I believe. Keith & Angel showed up and we all rode out heading forthe mountains and Robert's estate. The ride isn't really allthat far and when we pulled up to the security gate it began to open before we rang the bell. There are camerasall over and somebody was watching for us. So we pulled up to the front of the huge house and backedin the bikes, kickstands went down and the noise of thebikes was silenced. We were here!Suzy was waiting for us outside and she walked over to usand kissed Mark and me.