"Elaine smiled. "So you've figured out who I am. But for the record, I dropped the Mallone a long time ago." Yes, the falling out you had with your fa...ily, and it wasn't hard to figure out who you were after your interest in Nathan Mallone and seeing that demonstration. So whatever happened to you?" It's a long story, but the issue at hand is my friend. She needs help, and she, like me, has used my solutions to enact her change to her current self. If that came up as an issue in therapy, it. Like I said, It was none of my business, but she was so damned cute! I stood and walked to her table. "Pablo, I'll pay for her drink." I told the bartender. I asked her then, "Ma'am, would you mind if I sat and spoke with you for a moment?" Sir," she said in a somewhat frightened sounding voice, "my guide is taking me to my husband and he told me to stay here and not to speak to anyone. He said I'd be taken care of."I sat down in the chair across from her, "Ma'am," I told her, "unless you have. Susannah was innocent and did not understand the implications of the auditory clues she had been witness too. About an hour after she heard her father climb into bed she finally welcomed the sweet nothingness of sleep.The next morning, Susannah woke early and slipped out into the kitchen and began to make breakfast as routine commanded. Her father rose at his usual hour and stoked up the fire and replaced some hides which were soaked from routine exposure to melting snow. These he would hang. The money was fantastic but I barely had time to eat, let alone sleep. I was desperately in need of a haircut so decided to find one those quick, no appointment shops and get a trim. I drove into one of those mega malls and quickly found a place called “The Clip Joint”. I could tell they were not busy so I parked and walked in. I was greeted by a perky blond who asked, “ I am assuming you are in dire need of a haircut.” “You got that right, darlin’,” as I answered in my west Texas drawl. She.