’ ‘I’ll think about it.’ ‘You do that, you need it.’ Just then we heard the Sheriff holler, ‘THOMAS! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!’ ‘Your be...lowed, oh great leader?’ I said. ‘Just what the fuck happened in court?’ demanded the Sheriff. ‘The same shit as always! We make a clean bust and the witnesses are too scared to testify, or the court just gives them a slap on the wrist because they are underage and let’s them go.’ ‘I have been on the phone all morning. What’s this about you telling the press they. With others, like Aidan, they could swear up a storm and it was nothing but funny.For almost six weeks now she'd lived with Aidan, the first male she'd ever lived with. She'd never known her father, long gone before she was born. Mom had never married, telling her she was happy with Weather and didn't need more. She'd refused to talk about her father, no matter how Weather probed. Mom had no boyfriends either, at least none that she'd ever seen, even though Mom was still young.But, living with. I ... umm ... I better go change now." As I headed down the hall toward Cori's room, there was a loud knock onthe front door. A few seconds later I heard Aunt Joan open the door andstart talking to someone. I hobbled down the hall a little faster. Ireally wasn't ready to face a stranger at that moment.* * * * *After I closed the door to Cori's room, I stripped off the nightshirtand tossed it into the hamper. What I had left on really didn't looklike a diaper. At least, it didn't look like. All was ready when we arrived some time later. John’s saddle pack had been moved into the front of the building, so we could change clothes and pack the ones we were wearing.We went in and John went to the left (men’s) side with two slave girls to assist him. I was not happy about that, as I was worried they would try to steal him. Ever since I had seen the gold from the purse that he had paid for me, I had been more confused than ever. Obviously, he intended to take me with him, but he could.