I felt like I was one of his patients and his smile was a lollipop. Or a sticker. I don’t know if they still hand out lollipops.The waitress was a t...ny thing, blonde and with a pixie face and haircut. She looked like Tinkerbell. She didn’t act like the horndog hostess. I guess people who expect tips know better than to check out somebody else’s date.“Order a strong drink,” Wes said. “Really strong.”“I’ll have the Ranch Mai Tai. Make it extra special. I want the Bacardi.”Wes grinned.“Same for. On the Prom evening the contestant pairs had to join the best pair competition, where all of the participants would vote for the Prom Queen and King. Eve and I greeted each other in the school as if we had not already dated. Everybody saw our love story was over. I think she believed I would be alone and I would get a little humiliation from her. I was sure this was Bret Tyminsky's plan for revenge on me. But they did not know anything about Kate Kalina or that my beautiful private student. It almost came from nowhere just like a bolt from the blue. Amazingly, it was a curious boy 19 year old boy who eventually managed to ignite her untouched buttons. She had often watched the boy staring at her at the bus stop and presumed that he wasn’t different from those many commuters who kept having an eyeful of her curvy body everyday. She felt rather amused seeing the burning interest in his eyes and never took his glare seriously. Sujitha was conscious about the interest she aroused. "Oh dear, and this time I have left nothing for you. Go you down to thekitchens and feed yourself. I am well now. I will have a little sleep,and when morning comes you must lead me through this place to where Ineed to be. I hope I can see the Earl again."Elizabeth again went down to the kitchen, where there were morequestions as she ate a meal the cook had made for her. She told thoseassembled how Ruth had healed her with only her hands, and then healedthe Duke, who the doctors said was dying..