I felt that tingling start again as I continued to the front door.It was a stunned looking delivery driver who asked me to sign for a big box which I ...id, then took it off him and turned to shut the door.“IT’S FOR YOU JOHN.” I shouted then took it upstairs to him.John was smiling when I got to him and he said,“That’s the first of quite a few deliveries over the next couple of days Jade, you’re going to enjoy all the delivery guys coming and seeing you.”“You’re going to make me show my naked. "Well look, how about I knock it down to, uh..." the keeper glanced quickly at Vin, whose head was tilted to the side and indulgent smile on her face, then back at Aliya. " ... thirteen hundred? How's about that?"Aliya glanced at Vin. What that was about? She managed to bring up a tentative smile. "Uh, sure. It sounds fair enough." Excellent! I will get started on it now. ROMAN! Watch the store!" the man bellowed as he headed to the back and gestured Aliya to follow. Aliya paused unsure, not. "You are my dream girl, you know."Brittney sobered up. "You scare me. You are so intense. Do you always know just the right thing to say or do?" Only with you, my love." Then I grinned. "My Mama taught me to overcome surprises by reverting to formalities. How did I do?" I think I'm going to have to meet your mother."I looked at Brad now that Brittney and I had introduced ourselves. "Hi Brad, this is a surprise. How did you arrange this?" I didn't think I apologized to Sandy enough, so I came. When summer vacation was over I couldn't leave my job at the box factory so I had to settle for going to night school. Maxine held onto her part time job for the weekends, but she went back to school. She stayed on the cheerleading squad figuring that it would be okay for a couple of months.I was not at all pleased with the situation. I might have only been seventeen, but I was not a brain dead seventeen. Maxine was back in the environment where she had been a punchboard for Spaulding,.