May I discuss it with you in private, Mrs. Perryman?"Kitty bristled. "If you want me to agree to the sale, I'd like Mickey to hear the terms before I ...ign the contract," she said, more emphatically than I was accustomed to hearing from her."Do you want me to leave?" Claire asked, and Kitty told her to stay.Berry laid out the terms of the contract. The offer fell short of the price being asked, but he and the other two members of the town council had agreed to absorb the shortfall because the. " Wow! Can this be right? We've raised over $412,000! That's hard to believe. That's way better than I ever dreamed we'd do."Steve was going to say more, but Charlotte and Gwen entered the room, and right behind them was Jordan Quick! Gwen smiled and gave Steve a quick hug. Charlotte did the same while Jordan kept a distance away."Ms. Walker, this is Jordan Quick. She'll be attending our school. She needs some credits to get her diploma. Her mother sort of dropped the ball when she was touring. .."Corvus kissed her before she could start to genuinely panic. "You'll be fine. Just keep charming them like you've been doing all along."Crispa took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay. I ... think I can do that."Corvus grinned. "Good. Just don't drink too much or sleep with any of them and you'll be fine."Crispa shot him a dirty look. "Empty my quiver before you go, why don't you?"Corvus chuckled and headed into the main house to find Quad, hoping the young widow had been joking.Quad fell into. What happened to them there was not my problem. I was heartily sick and tired of trying to win hearts and minds. Far too many of my friends and fellow soldiers had gone home in pieces or in body bags for me to have any sympathy whatsoever.By the end of February everybody had been here for about eleven months, and it was really starting to get to the guys. Battalion began to do some things that I had seen on my first deployment. The first week of March we began to see Army Commendation Medals.