She was glad now that she had chosen a college on the other side of the country, and that she planned to drive there over the summer. Life at home was...barely tolerable since her stories had been released. She might as well have been Hester Prynne the way the rest of the town treated her.The summer flew by and Marie finally arrived at school. She did all the usual stuff to get settled in. When she walked into freshman orientation, she started to hear pointed whispers and laughter and felt people. Will you be able to come back to your own studies later? Jacob asked, ignoring my remark. Yes sir. I have it all planned. I can show you when we get to the house. Jake held Karas hand a little tighter. I promise sir, if I let him come with me, I will make him finish school. I dont date bobble heads. She giggled. Right then and there she won Jacobs heart. Sounds like a fine sensible girl you got there, son. Jacob smiled. Thanks dad just wanted to get one as good as you got. He smiled at me.. He was still a bit banged up and would wince if he laughed too hard, but it did not seem to stop him. We were starting to run low on our reserves, but we had just enough to last us until we arrived at Cartha.Soon, the rotation had Clive sitting with one of us as we drove the wagon, and the weather had been favorable. When it came to our turn, we were sitting in silence for about an hour, when he decided to speak up.“Do you really think that the note was genuine? I mean it could have been. The teen boy was counting the money from the register.Teen boy: “Looks like you girls are pulling in more money than the others.”“Thank you, sir,” the girls replied.“Hey, have you girls heard of Delores Throckmorten?”Tina and the others shook their heads: “No, sir.”Teen boy looked disappointed: “Well, too bad, Anyway, I heard that the Patriarchy was going to declare her a domestic terrorist.”Sandy: “What’s a domestic terrorist?”Teen boy leaving the counter area and going to the kitchen: “Don’t.