And his grant was barely five percent utilized. Richard stole small and made sure it was kept that way, with meticulous records and linked justificati...n for everything.Bobby, Charlene and Richard were having their "Town Council" meeting, which meant they poured a beer each, Charlene lit another cigarette and they sat in the bar. They were totally alone. Joelle was running the pumps and Terry had the caf? under control. Flora was doing hair and Betty was sound asleep."Charlene, it's been this. “What’s your story?” I barked at them. “What makes you think you could sail this boat all the way to Hawaii and make it safely? Your hands show you have never worked a day in your life and I see no reason you are going to start today. I need people who are willing to work so get the hell out of here!” I growled at the two younger girls.The more petite of the two, who I would learn later was named Jessica, instantly started crying and made me feel a bit guilty but I knew they had to be. No, she showed it to me once, we both seem to be totally hetero.So, we both look pretty damned good for pushing forty and while we don't dress like we stand on street corners, we don't dress like school librarians, either.Not only are we friends, we met at work about ten years ago, our sons are also now good friends and we often are together on weekends as they like to hang around together. Being teen boys, they no longer 'play' together. If you have a teen boy, you understand.Right after he. It was like a tuning fork had gone off inside me. I looked around, curious as to what had caused it. My eyes settled on a girl standing in line for a cafeteria lunch. She was beautiful, of course. Her hair was long and brown and wavy. She stood a little taller than most of the girls in the cafeteria, but it wasn’t tall enough to be noticeable. Her skin was pale, and she was thin. In that school uniform, it was obvious that she had a fine, athletic figure. A friend pushed me out of the way,.