‘Hi, Dan. How’s it goin’? You feelin’ well? You’re not usually here this time o’ day.’ ‘Yeah, guess t’day’s diff’rent. Coffee, p...ease.’ ‘D’ya want a piece o’ pie? Got a slice of nice strawberry ‘n rhubarb, no sugar.’ ‘No, thanks, Josie,’m not hungry. Kin hardly think o’ eatin’.’ ‘Well, you’d better git an appetite for tonight. Bren’s fixin’ ya somethin’ special.’ He shook his head. This was part of the price of living in a small town: everybody knew what was going on, and what everybody else. He had thought about maybe attempting to haggle the price a bit lower, he couldn’t really afford the money for the dress as it was, but after seeing it, decided that the dress was more than worth the asking price.‘Try it on, see if it fits.’‘Okay’ replied Craig, not really aware of what his mouth was saying, as all his attention was captivated by what lay across the bed. A door shut behind him. Startled, he looked around. He was alone.Alone with the dress.He reached a trembling hand out and. Tonight was actually a once in a lifetime experience. Here, look what happened, the crop broke.”Jackie held out her hands and showed the girls the two pieces of the crop. “Mistress Pamela said I could throw it away, so I will.”“Wow! How did that happen?” Said one of the girls on the couch.Jackie was thinking as she felt a twinge of pain in her left breast. “Here, look.”She unzipped her hoodie and pulled it aside, exposing the black and blue and purple nipple and breast to the girls. “Oh. Natalie said, "You must have theperfect body for these bikinis - you can wear their matched sets. I haveto buy a size larger top." Like, DUH," I giggled. "It's 'cause you're built better than me upthere. Wish I needed a bigger top." No you don't," she replied, wagging her finger and smiling at me."You're happy with the body God gave you, remember?"I just shrugged and nodded at the irony. Yes, God may have given me abody, but He also gave me free will and I used that to make a few littlechanges..