Finally I said "I've got a new bet. Ready?" She nodded. "I'll bet that you won't model for me..."She interrupted quickly, saying "You're right. You wi.... I won't."I continued, "... even if I agree to model for you."Silence filled the booth like the fog in the Tennessee valleys. "Hmmm," she said. "You might lose that bet. How much is the bet?" A whole night here at the Gryphon, all the drinks on me. A pizza, too." I said. It was worth it."You're on," she said."Fully nude," I said."What!!?!" she. ..those petals rubbing along my buttocks.When he finished with the rose on my back, he grabbed the vase and tickled the cool water out onto my back. It ran slowly down the slope of my back and into the crack of my ass. I felt it cool and nice.He showed me the vase was empty now and then he leaned on me, to whisper in my ear to spread my legs for him. I did it quickly; without any hesitation, waiting breathlessly for what would come next.I felt the cold crystal vase, so hard, rubbing against my. Abbie agrees, and the conversation shifts to issues in the communities in which both Les and Abbie work. Tim follows the conversation, learning and absorbing more and more about these subsections of the general population.At about eight after a final glass of sherry each, Tim tells Leslie he is going to walk Abbie home, as it is now getting dark out. Abbie and Tim depart, both feeling much better about starting this relationship between them.Outside, Abbie asks which house is Tim’s. Tim. They get overextended and along comes another financial panic; the bank goes under and the depositors' money is gone forever. On the other hand, now was a good time to invest in land in Texas if you had the stomach for it. People were losing their farms and ranches right and left, mostly because they couldn't pay their taxes. You could pick up land real cheap, provided that you were willing to throw people out of their homes. Well, I wasn't, so I figured that I would never get real rich.My.