"Thank you," she responded with a grin, "yours is...interesting."Brad blushed, then forced a chuckle, "I kind of lost a bet."She nodded, "Why am I not...surprised." Then she grinned, "Since you'reout of beer, you might want to go try the punch." She gave him amischievous wink. "It's got a little something...extra." Thanks," Brad told her before she turned and walked off, disappearinginto the crowd. He tried catching sight of her again but failed, thenshook his head, "Damn she's hot..." He. The class went on as it normally would, with the substitute teacher continuing on the lecture from where the normal teacher had left off, occasionally asking questions of the students. Always the first to raise his hand was Jack, though this was no surprise, as he had always been –not so much “eager” or “excited”- but happy to answer them. Throughout the class, Victoria watched him with interest and adoration, comparing him to how she remembered and failing to see even the slightest change.. This morning during a campaign rally at Kansas Stadium they had rushed the stage at a Connie Hovater event. She had been pushed off the stage into the front row lower seating.The result was two broken ribs and a broken wrist. To make matters worse, the protesters poured a pitcher of water on her while she was on the floor and threw a folding chair at her before the stadium security swung into action.It was the third such incident, but was the first to cause serious injuries since the group had. . but that's okay, she doesn't need it anymore."I smiled as I handed her some bills and waited for my change, "Jennifer... I could have swore that I heard you call her Jeffery."The woman looked up from her chair and used one slender hand to block out the sunlight the other moved to hand me back some silver coins.Our quick conversation ended as a man walked back from the house, "Why is... Je... Jennifer so upset." He glanced at me and then continued, "She said you sold THE necklace... do you.