The crew of the Belle of Ohio pushed her away from the wharf with long poles at first light the following morning. Captain Pickett expertly steered a ...assage out of the mouth of the Yazoo and turned upstream on the broad, flat as glass, Mississippi. The mighty river was placid in advance of the flooding that usually followed the spring thaw, still a month in the future. Although Captain Pickett called the Belle a tow boat, we actually pushed the barge up river in front of us. The Captain. " He held his hand a couple of feet off the floor and lifted an eyebrow. "Feed, grain and fertilizer, maybe farm equipment later." Didn't the Bouic brothers open a place just last year?" It's mostly a general store, like many of the others; like your uncle's. I plan to specialize."Robert looked out at the windrows of snow still hiding in shady places. His stomach churned for some reason, and he uncrossed his legs. Why would I worry about a job, he thought. It's just a job. Things are moving. I'll have Marcy drop them in the outgoing mail when I get back. As an executive, I get free postage from the company. It's one of the special perks." Fucking bitch just wanted more money. Well, now that she had signed the forms, he was done with her. She had gotten the last dime she was getting from him. She could get a job and make her own money, like he did.Alex heard the name 'Marcy' and her heart broke in two. She died a little more inside herself, even though she had known it was over. " Well I'd love to show you it," she said. "All your emails about your love of arses and how beautiful you think they are made me more confident about showing mine to the Doctor.I wanted to see a female Doctor but there was such a long wait that I saw a male Doctor. He was down there ages and gave me a prescription for ten tubes of cream instead of one!" Well," I said, "you have a beautiful arse Wendy. I think the Doctor was probably overcome just looking at its little hole."She smiled. "I know.