But much to my surprise Ellie asked if she could join us. She said not to worry, our secret was safe. She said she was once young too and would sneak ...ut and drink and do other things and besides she thought it would be fun to get a buzz with us. Well in no time at all, Ellie got a good buzz going and became very flirty with Elbert. I had never seen this side of Ellie before. Elbert flirted right back with her, as a matter of fact the sexual tension between two became so intense I started. I didn't see her as much since she was at school, but I didn't mind it, since I was hanging out with my best friend Chris. So a week after my 18th birthday, I was walking to Chris' as normal, which had pretty much been my daily routine since 7th grade. I knocked on the door, only for it to be opened by Kennedy. "Hey," she said with a smile."Hey," I replied back. "Where's Chris?" He went to go do something with our Dad. You can still come inside though," she replied, and let me inside.I sat on. The deputy districtattorney was on his feet, shouting "Your honor, we object to thistravesty. I don't know what Mr. Boyd's game is, but this lookslike another one of his well-known tricks."The judge was incredulous. "If this is Ashley Vaughn, then who isthe woman sitting in the first row?"She stood up and said, 'I'm not a woman. My name is Sandy Lane."Total bedlam ensued. The judge banged his gavel again and againuntil the ruckus died down. The deputy district attorney wasshouting "Objection!". When asked why they agreed to raid the hospital, the universal answer was that it was in revenge for the many Indian camps that had been raided by the Whites. "Many Indian camps" was a canard, though some had been raided unjustifiably, so Fire Bringer's ire was somewhat mitigated by that thought; however, he did transport these Indians to the wilds of African jungle as punishment.There was no way to keep this raid a secret, even if Fire Bringer had wanted to, so the newspapers had a grand time.