"Good, here's what I need you to do." With that he leaned forward andoutlined the plan to Dan.**********Jasmine Goodridge had an appointment to keep w...th her potential newbacker, and she was somewhat nervous as a result. Neither the banks norher husband would loan her any money; certainly not after her lastbusiness failure. So Jasmine had needed to go to slightly less reputablesource to obtain the money she needed for her business.She'd heard about Lenny Fossiter from her tennis coach Dean. For the first time I was able tolook at myself and realized that I was really pretty as a girl. TheGoth routine was a little over the top, but definitely still cute. Hoteven. I shook my head in denial. Must be the absinthe from last night.But I couldn't stop staring."Astrid," I said to myself. It was a different name, suitable for acoven of bizarre Goth girls. I don't know why, but I had a compulsionto preen and primp in the mirror. I adjusted the wig a little, brushinga stray lock of hair away. “We do pretty well on college food.”“Rebeca, I am so glad you could be here on this visit. I understand you have your test in the morning. You’ll do fine, don’t worry. This afternoon, however, I want you to get a look at how politics are done in town,” Dr. D said. “We’re going to meet the boss this afternoon. Or, at least, we think he’s the boss. There is a lot of speculation about who is actually running things.”Dr. D’s car dropped us at the restaurant and we were ushered directly to a table. “Have you had dinner?” she asked.“Excuse me?” Jocelyn asked in turn as she turned back around.“I was about to order a bite to eat when you knocked at the door,” Jayne explained. “If you haven’t eaten yet, I could just as easily order for two.”Jocelyn was about to politely decline, saying that she really had to run, but then remembered that she really didn’t have any place she had to go. Her appointment with Nathanial Brown had been for the entire evening. Furthermore, she had skipped lunch with.