” Val rolled her eyes. The good news was the apartment would be empty by the time she had gotten out. She frowned at herself in the mirror. She lift...d up her tit and tilted her head.Not as perky as a teenager’s. At least she hadn’t had udders like her mother. No one wanted tits her knees hit while they walked. In high school, Val’s mother had promised her that once she popped out a kid she’d catch up with her mom’s side of the family. At thirty-eight Val was thankful she hadn’t had kids.She ran. ” I winked at Marilyn’s parents as I said this.Charlie started laughing. Marilyn fell into the trap, though, and started hooting and hollering! “There’s not going to be any girlfriends! You’ll be coming home!” She kept going like this for another minute, and even the Lefleurs were laughing at her. She then did the usual finger wag and said, “You think you’re so smart! See if I ever vote for you again.”“You told me you were voting Democrat, that way we’d cancel each other out.”“Smartass!”“Better. Her voice was low, so it wouldn’t carry, when she asked me, ‘Jennifer, is there something you need to tell me?’ ‘What, no, mom, everything’s fine.’ ‘Jennifer Marie Matthews, you haven’t had enough practice lying to be a good liar. Something is different, and you need to talk to me.’ I just stood there, doing nothing and saying nothing. ‘Is it a boy?’ I was busted, completely busted. ‘Mom, I just went out with him once. Please, don’t discuss this with dad.’ My mother looked at me like I had. “I feel a lot better when you’re wearing that thing, Kelly. On you it looks great!” She returned the smile and then started to scramble into the back of the truck to examine the cargo.By the time she finished her inspection, Ken and Mary had rejoined. After burying the bodies in a nearby drainage ditch, Mike and Ken took the drivers’ positions and they drove off towards a spot on the map Kelly thought would be a likely spot for the reserve headquarters. They drove for 40 kilometers and entered.