She should be fine next week. I mean, look at the poor girl, she's white as a sheet and looks as if she could throw up at any minute!"To say that the ...anager was annoyed would be a fairly irresponsible understatement. Amanda had never seen such fury written so plainly on the face of another! Deirdre had long been a favourite of the patrons. At first it had been a sadistic relish at the regularity with which she was turned by a succession of experienced opponents from a strong and lovely Amazon. Perkins just looked at her.She looked around the room. "Hey ... you ... I asked you a question. Or are you the strong silent type?" she said a bit louder."Listen, babe, you're staying here until the captain and the others have finished questioning your boyfriend," Perkins said, which made Susan a bit mad. As if she thought of Jack as a boyfriend."Well, could you bring me a drink of water? My throat's a bit dry," She said looking at a nearby sink.Perkins looked around and then shrugged. "Could. She and Frank were never going to move in with his parents.Gloria found her mood improving as she paced the perimeter of the Judge farm. She could see Mr. Judge mending fences on the far boundary but did not bother to approach him. No, the man was tight-lipped and unfriendly. He would have to make the first move if they were ever going to be friends."Hey, you must be Gloria," a young masculine voice interjected into the midst of Gloria's reverie.Gloria stared around in all four directions. ”“Uncle Jim,” she replied, “I'm nineteen now. I think I can keep a secret.”“I mean, if I give you a drink, if you were to tell someone, I would get in trouble....” I started to say before she quickly interrupted me.“Trust me, Uncle Jim; please.....I've been drinking since I was fifteen. No one will know, unless you tell them”, she retorted. Against my better judgment, I gave in and made her a Dirty Banana...and another...and another. Soon we were giggling like little k**s. We get along so well,.