We corralled our crew, took along a couple of guards and did all of our Christmas shopping in the shops along the lake. Our guards loved having me pur...hase expensive baubles for their wives, girlfriends, and their girlfriends' wives, if any.I caught Regina eying a lovely pendant, broach set, and snapped it up immediately, and bullying the shop owner into getting the matching ring, and bracelet from his safe, and then buying them too. Her eyes sparkled like the jewels we bought, when I helped. I have a very good memory, so it took me only a few seconds with each poster to memorize the face on each one. I was under no illusions about these people being easy to find, but I figured to stay alert. Maybe I would be lucky.The marshal had reminded me that the saloons were the places most likely to have the latest information on people in the vicinity, and, certainly, they were the places to pick up the latest news. I didn't expect much, but I figured that I might as well start with the. If I need to be Jessica then there is apossibility that I might be allowed, as long as I'm passable. This iswhy Tracy wants to see a lot of me. She doesn?t want the uncertainty tohang over me." That?s not fair," were my initial thoughts. "Why should Jessica get tochange after the announcement?" I didn't want to be Jayne. I justwanted to be David." Jayne, are you okay?" suddenly came through the fog of my own thoughts."Huh?" I asked looking around."Are you okay?" repeated Lewis. "You sort. She was a regular girl; Iwas just a slutty whore. I was worth less than the dirt on the soles ofher shoes, and I felt that no more so than when I was playing dolls withher. But another part of me took pride in being able to earn money formyself and my family doing what came naturally to me. I could neverexpress such feelings to her, or to Mom, but I felt them all he same,every moment I was at home. But I felt good about it; I felt goodknowing I served my family by not letting my Mom or my.