I'm not really sure what I want either," Iresponded in a confused state of mind as I nervously toyed with my hairand crossed my nylon-covered legs. "I...m so confused with all this." I saidalmost in tears."Don't get upset. I'm sure you are very confused. I can only imagine whatthese past few years have been like for you. I mean you were always anormal kid and until that one summer you never showed any signs of notbeing totally normal. You were friendly, outgoing. You were a typical kid.Then out. She was dressed quite smart in a white blouse and a knee length flared plaid skirt so whoever she was I guessed she was on official business and had no reason to think it was me she was looking for; how wrong I was.Suddenly she turned and saw me in the window and then looked down at her phone before returning her gaze to me, she gave a slight smile as she opened the gate and walked up the path to the front door.I went to the door and opened it and the woman’s jaw dropped when she saw how I was. More than three thousand of the slaves wanted to stay and fight. Scott suggested training them here since we had enough weapons to arm them from among the captured weapons. Surprisingly, a couple of days after our return, a handful of men began showing up each day asking to enlist in our group. Now, a week later, the number was fast approaching a hundred recruits a day.Many of the recruits were from eastern Tennessee. They were upset because they hadn’t wanted to secede from the Union and had. Fred's friend's wife was the prototypical nosey neighbor and was constantly reporting on the comings and goings at the homes within her viewing area. She quickly sussed out the nature of Darla and Bill's relationship and had dutifully reported it to her husband. She had known about the separation of the Therriens and was not surprised that Darla had taken a lover. She knew from her previous snooping that Darla and her husband had an active and passionate love life. In the summer, when the.