Fresh out of college, with a degree in farm and ranch management, he had been assigned a specific area of the state. He drew a rough circle around his... sales area then pinpointed the center of the circle as his base of operations.For the first two weeks, Clay lived and worked out of one of the six rooms at the only motel in town. He learned the owner of the combination bakery and doughnut shop had a small furnished apartment above the shop that she was willing to rent. The apartment was really. " Taking this as an invitation he asked, “Do you mind if I walked with you?” Jack was about five foot eight inches tall, with black curly thinning hair. I guessed he was in his late forties or early fifties. We continued to talk. I knew he was watching me. He repeated to me again that I was beautiful. I was dying to get laid, so I waited for an opening to feel out the situation. When I felt the time was right I took a plunge. I told him about how I was of French Canadian descent, but had been. “We killed a few of those ourselves this morning, or should I say last night? Just a rather paltry militia, but that’s a few less of the racist scum around, at least. I take it that more towns have fallen to the fuckers, not counting Salem, Richmond, Colonial Heights, Powhatan, Hopewell, Blacksburg, Appomattox, Buckingham, etc. What’s the bad news?” I probed a little further.“Emporia fell this morning, in fact. Most of the town’s residents were shot, of course, almost immediately upon its. We have all gone through it since the Day. I suggest you talk to Mrs. Harriman." Who's she?" She is now the Colonel's wife and is a good person to have around." He looked up and said loudly, "Mother, could you join us?"A tall, skinny woman came up. Rail thin, she was over fifty and looked severe until you saw her eyes. They drew you to her and made you realize that no problem was too big for her. "Bill, what's going on? Can I help?"Bill said, "Jim, here, lost a friend and is helping us. I think.
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