They shook off their confusion, reminding themselves of whom they were listening to.“There is good news as well! Khaleas decided to court Athea. He ...will announce it officially tomorrow at a meeting of the military leaders. I’m so jealous of our little princess!” Hassika reported laughing.“Ohh, I’m happy for you Athea! I’ve heard his family is rich, and although he isn’t my taste of man, I know most others are swooning about him, just like Denyssa. You are lucky.” Ynerca said smiling at her.“Can. The nurse only worked half a day (you know, budget cuts) so that the place was empty. Susan hurt too much to walk by herself, so she didn't want to try to climb aboard the bus. She told her friends that she would just lie on the bed for a few minutes, then she would call her brother's teacher to come pick her up in the car. One of the girls with Susan wanted to call 911, but Susan insisted that she let the matter drop.The bus was close to leaving, so both of her friends left and Susan relaxed. "Devlin glanced at the clock. "Should I change now, or circulate a bit?" Wait until after 7:00," Cindy said. "Rita, she's one of the gals here tonight, hosted the party once, and was wearing this sheer baby doll when some bible-thumpers came to the door." She laughed. "You can imagine how that went over."The doorbell rang before she could say more. Cindy hurried off, leaving Devlin standing uncertainly in the kitchen. She poured herself a glass of iced tea and went to introduce herself.She knew. She left the room.“SO....is your grandpa not staying here?” I asked my friend, “he’s on a fishing trip for a few weeks, that’s why we have to do all this choir bullshit”.I didn’t care, a small price to pay for a lovely vacation. After breakfast we decided to rent a couple of bikes from the store down the road and go out for a cruise around the beach town we were staying in, my friend immediately cat calling any girl that would turn around, we got bored of riding around and decided to call into.