You'd look sweet in a maid's uniform!" Don't overdo it, Kath," I laughed. "Unless you're prepared to guaranteeme a lifetime supply of pills, that is."...I'm sure that could be arranged, but I'd have to up the ante a bit.Mmm, let's see - maybe a live-in maid, and you could do the cooking too.How does that sound?" Well, you certainly make it sound hard to refuse," I replied with mocksarcasm. "But you know how much trouble it could be to have such anattractive servant around the house - your husband. The game seesawed back and forth, but the Tigers were more adept at scoring, so the final score was 49-9, Hawthorn. Hawthorn's revenge was complete!There was the usual celebratory air on the bus ride home from the game, but Tag was already thinking about the possibilities for fun and sex on his date tomorrow afternoon.Vivian had held another auction on Wednesday. This time, Audrey Sumner was the winner with a $40 bid. It seemed that Susie had made a strong point in Tag's favor when she had. I used a small part of my riches to purchase several hundred acres in Montana. A place so far off the grid I thought no one could ever find me. A place so far off the grid ... no one would ever have to look at me. And that was true for over a year.I had not counted on the desperation of a dying woman.When Melodie’s letter reached me, she told me she had been searching for me for years. To try to apologize for her reaction in the hospital.“No apology will ever excuse how I reacted,” she wrote. He had some meeting with the bankers and lawyers or something and drove down early. He should be back by five or six. What were you planning on doing today?”I shrugged. “I don’t know. What were you planning?”“Oh, the usual, I suppose. We could work on our tans for a while, then after lunch start getting ready.”“Seems like a long time to get ready in,” I commented.She reached out and rubbed the back of my hand softly. “It depends on just what you are doing in preparation, doesn’t it?”I smiled..