In her mind it was worth a try.So, silly or not, she picked up the phone and dialed.Marsha hurried up the front steps, the umbrella shedding the heavy...mist which seemed to have been falling all day."Hi, Marsha, please come in," he welcomed. "I've got a pot of tea brewing. Interested?" Sounds wonderful, especially on a day like this. As a matter of fact wasn't it raining the last time we spoke?" You know, I believe it was. I hope this doesn't mean we have to wait for it to rain before we can. Saturday as the sheriff and Tom were making their rounds together, Tom was thanking him for the friendship and the lessons he had learned while he was here.“Tom the whole town is gonna hate to see you go and I’m gonna miss you too. I done got attached to you and look forward every morning to seein’ your smiling face.”“I’ll be back one day Sheriff, I got a reason to come back. I’ll look you up.”“You better look me up Tom, I’m thinkin’ of getting’ outta’ the peace keeping business and maybe start. They also added a dental plan that the company paid half of. Even with all of these added perks (as they called them), they were still less than what most men in the company had who had only five years with the company. Karen had over fifteen years with the company. She also had used money from her own pocket, and went back to school to get her CPA, while the company was picking up the majority (90%) of the tab for men who wanted to further their education. This package deal was just a last. Sheeven made sure that the calculations didn't go beyond what a graduatelevel student would know, well most of the time.Even if her foraying into secluded classrooms made her an Urban Legend,it wouldn't cause the government to send men in suites after her.Rolling her eyes, Nadine continued to twirl the pencil but kept one eyeon the door.Moments later, Maggie burst into the classroom interrupting the lecture.Nadine grimaced, she would of course be freaking out.Running to the desk, Maggie dropped.