“You sure that’s what you want to go with?”“Yep. You in?”“Don’t want to wait until halftime? Both games are really close.”“Nope, I�...m good.”“Alright, lay your money down.”I put a $50 bill down on the coffee table and then two twenties and a ten were laid down on top of it. During halftime we were used as rented mules to put covered dishes in the fridge that was in the garage. The games were both low scoring affairs ending up in my favor. The Falcons won 10-6 over Arizona, and the Bears lost 10-3. "Jim laughed, "Sounds like an ideal job for you." Oh, I've already been enlisted, but she wants a few more – men especially, because she has the waitresses who will want to play too. She figures that she needs a couple to lead the way for each twenty-five people at the party." Are you asking me?" Yeah, plus we hope some of the others in The Circle might be interested too." If my partner is going to be Sandy or Steph sign me up right now ... but I can be persuaded about any others too."Brad. And Ben...” he stopped, and there was no need for him to finish.Raven felt shitty at her failure to keep the conversation out the recent past.Cameron seemed to remember something. “I do have something he gave me though, a little book. He said something like how we could keep progressing.”“What’s in it?”“I dunno, I didn’t even look at it yet.”Cameron reached in his jeans and pulled out the small notebook. The cover was bent but it looked intact. He opened to the middle and squinted.“I think it’s. I was now exhausted and Carolyn hugged me against her and ran her fingersthrough my hair and kissed my forehead. That's my girl, my preciouslittle Christine." Unsnapping the garters, she drew the long whitestockings down my legs, and removed them. I was compliant as she drew meto my feet and unhooked the belt and laying it aside and led me into thebath. Shutting the water off, the large tub was near overflowing withfragrant suds. She removed a silk scarf from the linen closet andwrapping it.