" Connie and I look forward to it," Hector said. "You mind a word of advice?" I'd welcome any you can spare." Send my daughter flowers." Yes, sir." Go...d man."Scott hung up and hoped there was still a place in Fort Stockton that delivered flowers. He hit the phone directory and started dialing.March turned to April, and that meant the Levall Spring Jazz Festival. Officially, the festival was a three-day event, Thursday to Saturday, the second week of April. Sponsored by the downtown business. “If all the laties presented themselves...” A woman voice resounded from the Grand Abode.WHOOSH!A figure clad in a golden robe and with a head covering that revealed only the features of her stern, black face flew from the Grand Abode and halted midair above the arena.The third level Martial Mortal nun gazes at the late arrivals as everyone, including the crowd, fell quiet.“Good”, so no other person, human or beast, entered the arena, the stern nun nodded in partial satisfaction. “No more. So I was trying to play things carefully. We met the following night at a nice restaurant near Newquay. The owners were old friends of mine. They knew all about Sue and me and they placed us on a table that was away from the rest of the patrons, so we would be not be overheard. Susan had definitely made a special effort, She looked as beautiful as she had on our wedding day and I felt a pain in my chest that stopped me from enjoying my meal. Whilst we ate we discussed the children and my now. The girls were giving it away early nowadays, she had heard, but that was something she doubted in Sally's case, and anyway, sixteen was really early.So she had gone into that bedroom with Max as a virgin, in all likelihood, and she would come out minus her maidenhead and girlish illusions.Well, it wouldn't be as bad for her as it has been for her friend, Connie. At least Max looked and sounded human. He hadn't really been cruel to Julie, and there wasn't any reason to believe he would be cruel.