" He put his arms around me and kissed me on mycheek.After supper we went for another walk, this time a long one; severalblocks. We walked along looki...g in shop windows, sometimes he held my handand others he had his arm around me. I loved being treated like a girl,everything was different, even Bobs' treatment of me. Usually he treatedme as if I didn't exist; now I seemed to be the center of his life. The weekend was boring because mom was off. I could not dress up but I didsleep in her night. Dave got up and moved to the bench in front of her and Mike sat a respectable distance at her side.Mike once again shook Sarah, this time by the shoulder. “Excuse me miss. Wake up. It’s almost the last stop.”He shook her several times before she responded sleepily “what?”“End of the line miss. Can we help you get anywhere?”“I...” her voice trailed, she was not fully regaining consciousness just yet.Dave reached for her small “Miss, I’m not taking your things, I just want to see if I can find. Taylor looked at me and said ‘There he goes again’.”“That’s my girl.” Erin smiled.“Speaking of reactions, I have some news for you.” Lynn was grinning like a Cheshire Cat. “The word of mouth on the concert is nuts! We are getting phone calls from radio and TV stations. Even the local paper, and they NEVER report on local entertainment stories that aren’t written for them and placed right in their hands, they even called.”“I told them that in a couple of months there would be a new club in town. Who was a star on the rise in her own company. That was the woman he wanted to humble tonight. It should have bothered her, his arrogance. That it was a foregone conclusion that he could waltz in the door and have her suck his cock was enough. That it had to be in her work clothes? It was a clear message, if ever there was one. But Julie didn’t care. She should have. Did it bother her that she didn’t? Probably. She had never been a woman to be taken lightly or for granted and that was part of.