Will not my loyal lords and men save me this affront?" Gabrain managed to squeal out.Scott, Fiona and Eilean laughed and did nothing to help him, thin...king perhaps he was due this for teasing Lachlan so.Lachlan sailed south a few days later, leaving Scott, the girls and Gabrain to make their plans for getting through the winter. Scott was re-assured that all of his lordship's settlements had sufficient food for the duration and he knew things would be even better in future years as the benefits. God, I was glad that she was a lousy liar. It seems to me it's time for some sleuthing, as the Hardy Boys would say.The game was on the line as I stepped up to the plate. Actually, we were up eleven runs, and had no outs. For a championship game, this was a yawn. We were playing a team from Vancouver. They'd used all their gas to get to the championship and had nothing left.The pitcher let loose with a fastball that wasn't, and I smacked my second home run of the game. As I trotted around the. ''Ok, honey,' said Janet, 'I'll just sort out the bill. Did your Mum giveyou a cheque for us?''No, but I have some cash.''Right, now let me see.'Janet put all the tickets from the clothes into the till.'Right, that's ?160.99, have you got enough cash?'I blanched a bit at the price, not realising how expensive those clotheswould be. 'Yes Janet,' I said as I handed over the money I had from mypurse.Janet counted out what she needed and handed me the change. 'You know,next time bring your Mum. He probably would have said goodbye, but you didn't make it through the day." Thanks for not rubbing that in, by the way," I said and gave her butt a squeeze through her jeans."My pleasure. Anyway, he was the freshman representative to the student council." As we walked toward Tami's house I slipped my other arm around Ashley's waist. "Dave Gladstone appointed her as Danny's replacement." And why," I started and pulled Ashley close to me, "would Dave pick a student who's only been here since.