After all, Sylvie had sent for her to help out, and that was just what she would do. Sylvie had other, more important things to do and no doubt needed...the sleep she was getting!The "snooze alarm" went off at 9:30 and Sylvie heard rustling noises coming from her dressing room. The tub water was being turned on, and groggily, Sylvie realized that her maid, Ella, was in there preparing her morning tub. Once more, Sylvie regretted her own cowardice. Why she had not fired the girl several days ago. I reckon that was as good a feeling as I ever had, until I met you and Duncan. After I got to know the two of you, I knew that as long as we were together, no man would walk on us or cuss us again just because of who we are.”“Jon David, for now just tell the men, and the white boys too, that we’ll have the Bucks go to the store for them and do their buying, since they’ll be too busy starting tomorrow anyway.”“That may be best for now, Dad. Maybe when we become a state, more good people will. It just wasn't working but no one had any suggestions. Sean and Rachelle had investigated the possibility of purchasing a lot nearby but none were for sale. Sean's next plan was to try to get the county to let the group purchase the lot on the other side of the main house but all he had managed to accomplish was to get bounced around from bureau to bureau – because although everyone was sure the county owned it, no one in county government could decide why the county owned it, let alone if the. It's really nice to see." He's a great kid," I replied."Yeah, he's my life. When things get rough for me, seeing him happy cheers me up." Have things been rough?"She sighed. "School's been tough this semester. I'm passing, but I'm not getting A's. Also, money's a little tighter than I'd like." Are you going to have to work another weekend?" I blurted out before I could stop.She didn't notice my tension."Maybe. I don't know when though. I have a paper due next week so this weekend doesn't work..