He was literally speechless which made me smile and eased the tension a bit. I was still skeptical about the difference in age so I needed some type ...f mental comfort at that point.We attended the ceremony and he received an award for his business or something. I really wasn’t paying attention and could have really cared less anyway. I was doing my friend a favor and that was it. The night ended fairly uneventful although he got a little handsy at the end, but I was a good girl and left as. "Spin the bottle!" yelled Jenny,"Twister!" added Tammy,"Truth or Dare" added Lisa, I gave Lisa a look, and whispered in her ear, "What are you thinking????"She just smiled at me. Now since that time in the back of the stage with her, there has been no mention of it, no comments, NOTHING. Since I've known her for so long I was expecting something, but her silence over the last few months left me to believe that either she was embarrassed, or waiting for me to bring it up. And I didn't. We talked. So what’s the game plan then?”Mark then looked around the room at everyone as he smiled and pointed, “Gyges, Gad, you do short crossing routes at 10 yards. Solara, you’re on a deep post slant. Liyana, do a short stop and go in the middle of the field. Annabelle, you block for her. Athena, you drop back on my left as my emergency outlet. We go on three. OK? Break!”Everyone looked at Mark with a what-are-you-talking-about look on their faces, as Annabelle started laughing.Mark smiled, “What? It’s. I said all the cattle still had my brand on them and I had more than enough cows to lay claim to the land. We went round and around. I mentioned to him about me asking him to side me against those gun slicks last night who braced me. I said I was damned disappointed he wouldn’t stand by me. He was armed at the time and I wasn’t.“I told him we had been neighbors and he should have stood by me. I laid it on him I would be dead if help hadn’t come from a different quarter. That’s when I said I.