”“Sure, you can take it in the other room if you want.”We heard bits and pieces of an animated conversation between Tom and his dad. After a min...te Tom came back. “Sarah, if you can call in the story, I need you to come with me to Elgin. Everyone is going to rendezvous there. I should be able to get you home by 10:30 or 11. I’m picking up Jamie to bring her home anyway. If this works, this whole thing could be over by tomorrow afternoon! What do you say?”“I’m at your service, sir. I just have. I had written a nice sized check that I wanted to remain anonymous. I was surprised when Tom's firm and the Sullivan car dealership both matched me. The caveat was that the school board had to allow us to make donations directly earmarked for facility improvements.The donations were in no way able to cover everything on our wish list. But it was a start. The first things on the list were new weight and locker rooms. The old equipment and lockers were going to the local YMCA. Work could begin as. “Anyone would think you’re trying to get me drunk!” said the older woman, her eyes catching Freya’s. “You never know!” said Freya, caught up in the undercurrent of the attraction between the two women, “Though I doubt my husband would approve. As far as he is concerned, sex outside the marriage bed is adultery no matter what sex it’s with.” “Oh, and what happens if we have sex in the marital bed?” asked Margot, a sly smile on her face. “You know what I mean!” came back Freya’s reply. “Sorry,”. The annoying sting had returned to her side and she was breathing heavily through her mouth in deep, ragged gasps.The clapping of her sandals on the walkway was of great concern to her. If the old geezer beat her to a door, then the sound of her loud footwear would broadcast her position to him. Jasmine stopped and put the plants down. Carefully sliding the burlap from beneath the plants, she folded it twice, slimy side in, and placed it with the money in her purse. Then, the wheezing woman.