After mingling with the guests, Fred Jackson took the stage and gave a heartfelt message to his wife telling everyone how proud he was of her accompli...hments in the business world and as a wife and mother to their children. He continued on how much he loved her and she would always be his beauty queen but would soon have to share her with the city of Kansas City.Tears formed in Katie’s eyes as she listened to her husband. Not only because of what was said but because of what she had done. She. He paid for his sno-cone and turned around, his ice eyes meeting her chocolate ones. Instantly, Victoria felt very self-conscious in her plaid, mid-thigh length skirt and black clingy shirt. Though she mentally blamed the heat, she felt a blush start in her cheeks as his eyes seemed to peer into her soul. He smiled at her, and she smirked back, attempting to regain some semblance of dignity. Stepping up to the window, she ordered her sno-cone, noticing that he watched her, sitting on the hood. The skunky smell floated down to Faith, lounging behind a green dumpster, and she inhaled deeply, hoping for some kind of extended contact high. Five years of being clean felt like nothing when cute girls were having fun with substances and she was the old-maid chaperone. Even if they didn't, strictly speaking, know she was there.She waited a second to follow them into the building, letting the heaving crowd swallow them, then headed for the entrance. The butch bouncer carded her, which. " He threw the paper on his desk, folded to Jarrod Morris' photo."That's the Mayor?" James asked as he saw the picture."Why, what of it?" Nathan questioned."It's just that I saw him coming out of Tracey Jacobs' house early one morning." That can't be!" said Jackson. "Morris lives way over on Elm." Think a little harder, Bob," Ed suggested in a sarcastic tone to make his point."Oh, I see!" Jackson replied with a sheepish grin. He quickly recovered. "That's beside the point. What do you make of.