I protested, I really couldn’t afford to lose a day’s pay and the tips, but I felt ashamed to admit to such. Johnny, bless him, picked up on that ...traight away and suggested to the manager that as the fault was not mine that I should be given a couple of days off with full pay and the manager instantly agreed.”“That was unusual then, wasn’t it?”“Very unusual, but then I didn’t know that Johnny had connections.”“Connections? Like the Mafia?”“No, dear ... or at least not quite. Oh how Johnny. He laughed again and resumed eating. “So tell me,” he said around a mouthful of food. “I’m dying to find out what happened.” “I borrowed Winter Maiden’s dog, White Fawn wanted to know if it would lick her, I told her to find out, but the dog stopped. I... finished her.” “Why?” “To make her feel good,” Silver Quail was exasperated. “No, why do we have the dog?” “Oh, I had a problem,” she waved it off. “Oh, don’t tell me. ”“That’s just strange,” Kara said.“Tell me about it. NASCAR points reward consistency more than winning. I think there should be a much bigger point spread from first to second and second to third. Right now, it’s possible for the 2nd place finisher to have an equal number of points with the first place finisher, if the second-place finisher leads the most laps.”“How would you set it up?” she asked.“Well, instead of 180 to win, I’d make it 200 to win, 175 for second, 160 for third, then drop. ‘So who’s my date if I choose to go through with this?’ ‘Mrs. Pelfry, she is one of our new teachers at the school. She is our club leader and came up with the idea of the Valentine’s Day dinner. We found out she was divorced last year and transferred to our school district.’ ‘Are you saying she agreed to go on a blind date with me?’ ‘Sort of,’ replied Kerry. ‘Since she was in charge and it was her idea we asked her if she would go to the dinner with our dad if he bought tickets. She seemed.