"Baby, what I say goes, and the dress will be on tomorrow. I don't care how long ago you wore it, I want to see it on your body. You will do as I say,...do you understand me?"She said nothing, as she averted eye contact. His hand tightend on her face and he pulled her closer, "I expect an answer when I ask a question Jasmine. Do you understand me?" No, Dominic I don't. Since when do you dress me? I have been doing perfectly fine for the last 18 years. I wear what I want."He got out of the car,. When Brad put the book on the coffee table, it was time for lunch. We fixed chili dogs and while we ate we discussed our families going all the way back to our Great-greats. Besides her twin brother his mother had five sisters. His father had three brothers. His grandparents had come from big families and he had more relatives than he could keep up with. My parents each had an older sister. And I told him about my various relatives of whom there were plenty, too.We had been sitting at the. Most of the settlers moving west saw the hostiles as just another obstacle to their survival just like bad weather and the other wild predators found out in the wilderness. Most of the troopers were anxious to get their hitch in the cavalry finished so they could seek their own chance at plundering the riches of the virgin territory and some of them just grabbed a convenient horse and skedaddled in the middle of the night.The rumors started to fly that the most reckless General of the Civil. She gave me a quizzical look and then turned and went back down the bar to take care of the other customers. It was not surprising that she didn't recognize me; a full beard, Lasik surgery, twenty-five pound weight loss and different style clothes. The last time she had seen me I had a buzz cut, wore thick rimmed glasses, was over weight and dressed as a rising young businessman was supposed to. My voice would have given me away which is why I only shrugged when she brought me my beer and spoke.