” We got hero’s welcomes at the campground! We still had a couple of hours before the council meeting, so we backed the horses out of the traile... and climbed aboard. Uncle Shorty’s truck and BBQ pit were our first stop, so he could get the rumors started about his having given Angel a hundred dollars to take his old horse off his hands. Several of my friends who hadn’t met Angel before rode over to say hello and congratulate us. She was immediately popular with all the boys and men because of. "Are you ok?" The older woman asked, noticing her uncommonly disheveled appearance."I'm fine really," Jessica tried to look calm and collected. "It's been a busy day; you know how hard it is to get these people motivated."The woman nodded, but didn't seem convinced. "Well, try to keep it together. We have an image to uphold."Stacey was hard at work trying to look as disinterested as possible. She had barely made it to class on time and drew an angry glare from the teacher. "At least that went. Had he heard? Had Roddy boasted of his conquest and given me up? Would I be returning home to Indiana in shame? It seemed only moments before the smell of his hair and the warmth of his body made my longing to hold and fondle him almost powerful, but now I was ready to swear off being in the same county with the boy.Clifford’s office was easily found. He offered his hand, and pointed me to a chair. “Capital thing, capital, that you should take so much interest in the boys in the choir,. He then called me by name andexplained he knew all about me including where I worked and its website,and my coworkers that visited occasionally. My head sunk and I mumbled.He told me to look him in the eyes as I asked what he wanted. A grincame across his face and he barked at me to sashay into the kitchen andfix us two martinis. I returned with them on a tray for us and hecomplimented my waitress ability, my walk and rubbed my tush as I bentover.He then did most of the talking explaining.