Immediately attracted to him, she couldn’t believe when he politely asked her out on a date. He was kind, funny, attentive and exuded a strange char...m over her. She trusted him and quickly became putty in his hands. She was overjoyed when he said he wanted a relationship before they’d even had sex. She’d found it hard to restrain herself - she got so wet when she was with him she brought a spare pair of pants on every date. But now they were together, she knew the time had come. She was nervous. “Don’t stress about it. They’re liars,” Brian assured me as his hand brushed my hair. We finished the round and had a few more drinks at the clubhouse before calling it a day. As we walked out to the parking lot I decided to change my shoes one more time for show. “I’m going to call a cab boys,” I winked as I stood back up and gave each of them a hug and kiss on the cheek. “If only you weren’t engaged...” I whispered teasingly into Brian’s ear as I backed away and let my hand run down his. Either women always go for the bad guys or the universe is out to kick my ass. Whatever. I take a deep breath and exit. I walk to the bus, and catch the number nine heading to Hurdman station. From there I’ll catch bus number four heading to Carleton University. The bus is packed. I see a familiar face. It’s Katrina. The tall, dark-haired and slender, alabaster-skinned beautiful young woman I met this summer. She goes to my university too. Studying business or something. Katrina is half white. Once for Jean ... and once for Charlie Arthur. That'll teach those bastards.Three winners in a row from one gas station in an itty bitty village on the west coast of Michigan suddenly turned the Shell Station into the 'go to' place to buy tickets.The little places in Michigan are dying. There's nothing to keep the kids at home ... and it's just a few years until the auto industry goes into a full blown panic. There's still good jobs in manufacturing.It wasn't much of a boom, but Pentwater.