”“Why are you sorry Holly? It sounded like you both had a good time” I said, giving her a friendly smile and taking her hand in mine.“We did, ...oh god but we had a good time! But, ahhh, we did it with you guys right in front of us! God, it was like embarrassing, and exciting at the same time!“And I know that Linda was watching us! It seemed like every time I looked up, it was into her eyes. It was like she could not stop, and, ahhh...”She got quiet at that, then continued “Pete, I liked it! I. I owe him money.” He shuffled off down the street. Tricia shrugged and followed.“How do you know that I don’t have bad reasons to find him?”“I know dat ‘cause you ain’t know what you doing, girl! You came out here wit no plans! You don’ know what you doing, but you know WHY you doin’ it! It’s dem others who come out here with bad reasons you gotta watch out fo’. They got dem plans out and ready. They got dem stories straight! OH YEAH! WE GONNA TAKE DAT BOY AN’ GIVE HIM TO A GOOD WHITE COUPLE IN. From a little hut smaller than the structure I was building, came the three people, they looked awful. I walked over and looked inside. They must have all been huddled together with all their sleeping furs wrapped round them. The structure was open hatch, and the wind was blowing through it."Collect all your furs and you are to come with me," I told them."The goats are in the woods, what will we do about them," Northhelm weakly protested."Stuff them, they will survive we will collect them. She suddenly thought with disdain of how she had looked forward to the quilting bees and the travel lectures from women who had read about these strange places, but never visited them.Jane had not given the matter much thought, since she had been consumed with the ways and means of catching up to Curly Johnson, but she now realized how ultimately boring such a life would be after the gut-wrenching excitement of facing down a loaded gun. What was she going to do with the rest of her life? Her.
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