I figured it to be pure luck to get more than $2 for the gun.Pa and the ramrod talked about my situation and figured that it would be best if I highta...led it out of the county tomorrow morning. By that time, the gang would know who had killed the galoot and would probably be gunning for me. They would be after me, not for killing the gang member, but to recover the $400 of their money that I was holding. I had to agree with them when Pa told me about their discussion.That evening, I told Pa. She held back her tears as she remembered how she felt her legs separate as she left the platform and in her concern about her form forgot to watch the surface of the water rushing up to meet her. The judges probably would have dismissed or made inconsequential deductions for the minor defect in her form but she way under rotated on entry and the deduction left her with a silver medal. She jumped and perfectly executed the dive that would have won her the gold despite the fact that this was a. But you have no desire to go back to the cottage just yet. Instead as you catch me shivering, you help me out of my wet shirt. “Thank you,” I say. You merely smile and I startle myself wondering if there wasn’t the slightest hint of mischief hidden in it. “Aren’t you cold?” I nearly stammer, “Wouldn’t you like to… you know go back…” You bend your head gently and kiss my damp chest with your wet lips. By now I’m not even sure whether you are seeing me or remembering the other person you have. "Josie andShelly are from Brownsville. They went to high school together." They?re cheerleaders, too?"She nodded. "Charlene met them at orientation. Inside of a month, thethree of them were hanging out all the time. At least, whenever shewasn?t with Jackson." Which is which?" Josie is the one on the left," she said. The girl she indicated lookeda little less happy than the other two. "She?s alright, but has atendency to be really snarky." Gotcha. I?ll keep that in mind."I swiped my thumb across.