The judge then calmly said, "Let's begin shall we. We will start with ID recordings, followed directly by discoveries and from there on to bail reques...s." Four female security guards approached the prisoner's box. Cindy was led out first with Sharon right behind her. Both were guided beneath one of the funny looking contraptions I noticed when we first entered the room. The judge instructed the guards to proceed with the ID process. The guards began to remove the baggy garments from both Cindy. Seemed like the town was empty or dead. Murdock and his men were some happy to see us and didn't waste any time mounting up and heading back into town. The six of us picketed our mounts, found what shelter we could along the creek bank and hunkered down for the night. Enjoying the feel of warmth in my belly and the pictures of the Swede in my mind, I think I even fell asleep for a while.By the time the false dawn colored the sky a bit, we could see that hoarfrost covered the dead grass and. Kylie appeared out of nowhere, thrusting a paper at my face as though I was a clown, and the paper was a pie. I avoided it. “What?” “What?” She repeated, and cocked her head. She held up the paper. She wanted me to notice the big A on it. “Nice job,” I said. “That’s right. I beat you.” “You sure did.” “Anything you can do, I can do better.” “I believe it.” She was getting frustrated, but she wouldn’t show it. She waved the paper. “The first of many.” “I’m sure. Does being competitive. She clearly knew what she wanted, but thoroughly enjoyed letting him dictate the topics of their discussions, dropping hints about her preferences that he picked up effortlessly. As the days went by, their conversations escalated in intensity. With no topics off limit, their obvious affection for each other grew rapidly. One Saturday night, Jay went on a date with another woman. Despite it going well, he found himself counting the minutes until he would get home to see if Hannah was online so.