Realizing that Betsy would not come to his defense, Brandon said,"Girls, aren't we supposed to be working?" If you insist," Christiana replied."I do,"... Brandon responded, trying to project some of the authority thathad been stripped from him.Christiana laughed at his strong tone and noted, "That sounded weird,girlfriend. Why don't you just file away the documents on Elle's desk?" There has to be a better use of my..." Your what? Ass grabbing hands? Teenage hormones? Dirty mouth? We'rerunning a. Keith was so exhausted, however, that he left the workshop and collapsed in bed for a nap.He awoke with Maddie snuggled close beside him. He took a quick inventory of his wounds and realized that most of the small cuts that peppered his body and face didn’t hurt, but with the healing process were itching fiercely. The dozen stitches in his left hand ached and his left eye was covered and puffy. Beside him, Maddie was comparably perfect. He hesitated to wake her, not knowing if it was day or. The desire to be better than this young man overcame her common sense, and she lengthened her stride again, running what she considered to be "fast" now, to leave him behind.But he stayed right with her.Now she abandoned even caution, running as fast as she could, a dead sprint, with no finish line in sight. Elation surged through her and gave her strength as he disappeared from her peripheral vision. She imagined him staggering to a stop, his lungs heaving, a look of disbelief on his face,. Sam was surprised again.“Really!” Sam’s Wife asked in surprise. She had followed us to the parlor.“Oh yes,” Allen assured her with a smile, before turning back to Sam.“We are prepared to pay the first month’s rent,” he told Sam.“Since Maureen fixed my tractor with the equipment repair spell, and that is worth a lot, the first month in the cabin is on me. It would have cost me more than the $400.00 in rent to get that tractor repaired, and that’s not counting the time lost,” Sam told us and.