She told us that tomorrow she was going to a country andwestern gig with a friend, but the friend had given back word so she wason her own. "Unless on... of you two want to come," she joked."I'll go with you," I answered instantly."Nah it's ok luv, you don't want to be stuck with an old bird all night." Honestly," I told her, "you're not old, and it'll make a nice change."She looked a bit doubtful so I added, "That is, if you want me to." Want you with me, of course I want you to come, but what. Before leaving the locker room Kelly insisted on putting blacking under Cathy's eyes to reduce the sun's glare. As she did, she could feel Cathy start to shake. Looking at her she dropped the teasing and said, "Honey, this is an incredible tribute to your skill. Do you know why those guys quit? Because you were so damned much better than they were and they knew it. You'll do just great!"The NFC won the toss and elected to play with the wind at their back. The AFC elected to receive so Cathy. Besides that, the last whiskey still in the county had been broken up three years before and she was positive there weren't any working in that neck of the woods any more.For a while, Billie walked along the side of the road, keeping her ears peeled for the sheriff coming back. Sure enough, not half an hour had passed when she heard the big sedan somewhere behind. Billie watched it pass from behind a huge stump. The deputy was in the car, his jaw poked out ahead as he drove. Whatever the reason. " The doctor's faceglowed with delight."Monica, you've got him looking lovely already," she laughed."That's my mother's doing," she said. "She's only had him in the housefor five minutes and she's got the girls playing with his dolly." But you said we could," carped Sophia. "Right from the start you saidthat that was the plan." Yeah," chimed in Shannon. "He would be our little stepsister, you said,and one thing we would be able to do would be to play with his lollypop."Monica looked at her new.