“Thanks for coming guys, I hope you all had a good time.”“How could we not? This party was crawling with cute girls!” Dale said. “I even got...a couple of numbers!”“Yeah, but Clayton had the best night!” Jon said. “Slow dances and a couple of kisses don’t hold a candle to what that girl was going to do to Clay!”“Going to?” Nick laughed. “I’d say ‘did’ is more accurate!”Clayton arrived downstairs a few minutes later trying to hold back a satisfied grin, and after handshakes all around, all the. "We might have to use a brandin iron to get them apart," Daniel said."Hush Daniel, we're ready to go," Maggie said with a grin. When Josh explained the new money agreement to the women, Maggie turned to her husband, "That's a fine thing to do honey. I'm proud of you." She put her arms around his neck and pulled his head down and kissed him.On the ride back to the ranch, Josh had a thought. "You know, Mr. Swede might be a mite upset if all the others get a bonus and he don't. I think we'd better. So I figured it's Halloween, what's one more prank in the city? It'll get blamed on high school kids or gang members."The next round of drinks arrived, and talk turned to other things. But the night before Halloween found Chuck dressed in camouflage and set up with motor oil, eggs, firecrackers and dog poop. It was an overcast night, slightly humid, and the widow's garden patch gave off smells that made Chuck's stomach turn. He figured it would be best to start around back, and stepped. Kathy is going to be in Chicago, too, but I think Evanston is too far for all of us to get a place together.”“I’m going to live on campus my first year, anyway,” Kathy said. “Though it would be cool if somehow we could work it out after that.”“Steve could have a harem!” Mary teased.“You’re just jealous, Mary! Besides, you never did answer my question from Prom!” I teased.Mary turned red and said nothing. Bethany laughed.“What’s going on?” Kathy asked.“Just an inside joke,” I smirked, looking at.