Linda and her party awoke and partook of the prepared meal before saying their thanks and goodbyes. They mounted and rode out on their journey back to...the village. Cherg and Twil agreed they needed to travel faster on the way back. Every few miles they would shift passengers so that one did not have to carry double all the way. Before dusk on the first day Harper caught up with them. She had met up with the brown Crow and they were together. They decided that Linda should pass the message. As if in a dream Sarah,s numbers began to click off till amazing,y she needed two numbers to win with four still to be called “i16” and “b9”. I16 was the next called and three remaining till the final number was chosen. All we heard was “and the 60th and final number for the 500$ giant jackpot is B9!” Our table and a few around us who knew she needed that number erupted with joy and my wife was actually shaking with excitement as they checked her card to verify her win. It was on shaky legs she. "I'm 28. I will be 29 in about two months. I know, I looka lot younger, don't I? How old did you think I am."Martha let out the slightly nervous laugh. "I'm not sure, but Iwould've guessed a bit younger than that."Jesse rolled his eyes. "I get that a lot. Let me tell you, Ms.Bradley..." Marty." I'm sorry?" My name," Martha said. "My name is Martha, but pretty much everybodycalls me Marty." Oh, I get it. A woman on a job site with all those men..." No, just a nickname." Marty smiled. "I have. ” She sounded like she was encouraging a puppy to behave properly.“There you go,” she said finally. “It’s all inside you. Now all you have to do is keep it there for five minutes.”I must have risen up slightly in shock because Mistress Sam barked out, “Head on the floor, worm!”I slammed my head back down so fast that it made a loud “thunk” as it hit the floor. I could hear puddy tat giggling, but I wasn’t about to turn my head to look at her. Then she yelped slightly. Mistress Gloria must have.