At the nail station a girl who introduced herself as Traci toldhim she knew just what he needed. She laughed out loud when sheread 'SISSY ALICE on his...nails, and asked if he wanted that on hisnew nails. He assured her he didn't want that on them. She removedthe old polish and went to work on his nails. When she was done hehad nails that extended three quarters of an inch past hisfingertips. He knew it was going to take some getting used to thelonger nails. He took another look in the mirror. "Ha" you bellow as you step out of the shower and begin to towel off."What?" comes a yell from downstairs. "Nothing" you call back."You'd better hurry !! she hollers, "We have to leave soon." Fuck you." You say under your breath.The drive to the park is filled with you staring blankly out the window while she yammers non-stop about who-knows-what as you aren’t even listening. It would be funny that she didn’t even notice you didn’t utter a single word the entire hour long drive if it wasn’t so. And they all do us proud!" We sipped, then sat and chatted. Mostly we quizzed Ben on what he wanted, so we could protect him from overblown female machinations.It took some negotiating, but in the end, everybody was happy.We had a big, formal, white wedding. This was followed by a dinner and dancing at the country club. Including friends from high school, nearly 400 invitations were sent and we got over 370 responses—close to 700 people would attend Beth's wedding! Leah would be 'maid of honor'. ”“Take this one. I have another one in my desk.”“What’s this – Red Wing – Half-Breed wanted for and what’s the reward?”“You name it and he’s done it all, at one time or another. This time, he’s wanted for murdering a man, raping and killing his wife, then kidnapping their two daughters. The reward is twelve hundred – Dead or Alive. Here’s his wanted poster with a hand-penciled drawing of him. That’s the best I can do for you.”Hoyt thought about taking a packmule with him, but decided to pack.