" Do you think I'm out of my mind? You already managed to show me places I didn't know even existed!"Then I had a woman hugging me so that I could fee... the warmth of her body. Which in turn increased blood circulation in a certain part of my body."Yes, you really are a dirty old man," she said, and I laughed.Well, sometimes you just need to live with the reputation you have.After our second shower of the day, we prepared for the trip to pick up her stuff from her friend. Her friend wasn't. I unlocked a long narrow case that was bolted to the truck's floor and extracted the weapon. It was my pride and joy an Orvis over under 12 gauge shotgun, a loving mix of highly tempered steel blued to an almost jet black with a finely crafted and oiled oak stock.It could stop a mature black bear. I know because I'd stopped one just the year before in a hunting trip to the Great Dismal Swamp in northeastern North Carolina.I'd had the weapon custom made. I didn't go in for bird hunting so I'd. ”“Unbelievable.”“Sadly, it’s not. My dad told me about a bunch of other stuff that happened over the years back home. Like when Emmy’s dad and his friends scared off the first black teacher hired in the school district.”“Here? In Ohio?”“Here. In Ohio.”“I don’t even know what to say. So now what?”“Nothing, I guess. I’ll miss seeing Emmy when I go home. We got along really well and enjoyed hanging out together. But it wasn’t serious. One other thing happened. I ran into my ex-girlfriend and we. The following Friday night, the four couples splurged and rented a limousine to take them to the movie premiere and home from the reception afterward. When they arrived, photographers were snapping pictures of all of them even though Diana was the only one any of them recognized."Mrs. Richards! Any plans yet on expanding your singing career?" "Have any recording companies managed to woo you into a contract yet?" "Who are all these couples with you?" "Are they celebrities, too?"Diana just smiled.