"Matt drove to a Wall Mart. Leaving Sloan in his Ford F350, diesel, crew-cab pick-up, he went in to buy her some clothes. On route 135, just outside S...ndy Draw he stopped in a pull out."Change your clothes here. We aren't going to tell anyone that you anything but a friend of mine who signed on for the season."With a puzzled look, Sloan replied. "Thank you for that, Matt Brady, I don't know if you're for real or not, yet, but I like what I see."At the dinner table, Matt asked. "What were you. "Oh you know me Gillian. It doesn't matter where I get my appetite as longas I eat at home. Your virtue is safe," he admonished her facetiously."There will be plenty of women at the party happy to compensate an old well-heeled stoat like me," he chuckled.Andrew and Gillian made a grand entrance at Chelmsford Hall and Andrewenjoyed leading her around introducing her to the hoi-poli. Tony Carlottawas there, now virtually a bloated old man, and so was his nephew Alphonso'Alfie' Carlotta. At. Matt said to the other guy (Dave), 'Would you like to see Kim kiss Rebecca?'.Dave said he'd love to see that but Rebecca was a bit shy. Dave told Rebecca he'd like to see her kiss Kim. Rebecca blushed and asked Dave if he'd REALLY like to see that. Kim overheard the conversation and put her arms around Rebecca's waist. She leaned in close and whispered in Rebecca's ear, 'Have you ever teased Dave?'. 'No' said Rebecca but I'd like to. 'Kiss me' said Kim and Rebecca leaned over and opened her. Several people ran about in the large space, all bustling to finish their jobs for the first day of school. Ed sat quietly until the girl on the phone was done. She looked at him with a frantic expression. “Edward Lichen?” Ed nodded and rubbed at the back of his neck. The girl was maybe eighteen, long blonde hair and blue eyes and a deer in the headlights expression that meant she was smart but out of her depth. She was senior, most likely; one who didn’t want to work but knew that it was her.