It got to be twelve o’clock, and Nathan paid his coffee tab. He left the cashier a fifty-cent tip. She learned he walked back over to the motel ...ready to hop all over Paulette. Rich woman or not, she could act a little less like a bitch. He found her sitting in the front seat of the black caddy, all sweetness and smiling. The bags were already in the car.“I’ve been waiting,” she said.“Why didn’t you call me?”“It is not feminine to impose upon a man. "Ididn't think that fairies had tails..."Without a word Quinn sat down on the bed and stared out the still opendoor and the narrow slits in the wall that served to let light in. Hepatted the mattress absently, deciding that it was definitely softerthan what he'd slept on in the barn, but not quite as soft as the wellworn mattress in his apartment."It's getting dark out," Quinn stated unnecessarily, frowning grimly.Chiandra just nodded, "We'll have to stay here for the night. It'swouldn't be. Most of our problems, at least the ones that I was officially interested in, were confined to White bandits or White idiots. Among the idiots are those that can't seem to have fun without drowning in alcohol.I feel sorry for those few poor souls who have gotten themselves trapped into living in a whiskey bottle. We had five of those people in Harmony Junction; four of them are men and one is a woman. Society is bad enough on the male alcoholics, but it is hell on a woman alcoholic. The men just. “Yes you will, because we women are asking you to do this for us. I know that they came here with bad intensions, but they need to get back home safely. Remember that there are women and children in those groups needing to get home. The women and children carry no weapons, and they have no real training, so if they get into trouble they don’t have enough hunters to deal with a prolonged battle. _*IF YOU JUST*_ _*ASK EVERY WOMAN*_ in this camp, they will all tell you as a woman they would hope.