Local people say that a Mrs Eloise Bowman lived there with her son. She died last year. He’s in his mid twenties doing a doctorate at uni, but at th...e moment we don’t know which one. ‘Somewhere up north’ was the best we could get.”“But there’s nothing recent?”“No Sir, it doesn’t look like it’s been disturbed in years. I’m glad I didn’t see it when it was fresh, must have been like a butcher’s shop,” she shuddered, it was bad enough as it was.“Right, keep on it, we’ll have to set up a press. Her goal was to be the first female to play for the home team, the Colorado Rockies.At first, she planned to ride her bike to the field but decided to run it would be a better type of exercise. She ran hard the two miles she should arrive about ten minutes before practice but she got there they were putting up equipment. The coach stood there looking at her with an odd look on his face."What the," he broke off, "why are you so late? Practice began at 2:00 we just finished it is almost 4:00. “Do you ever put on insect repellent so the mosquitoes don’t bother you?”“No. I am allergic to most of them.”“Have you ever tried peppermint or lavender oil”?“No, I haven’t.”I kept a bottle of water mixed with peppermint oil in the garage and another in the house to deter flies and mosquitoes and other bugs.I reached for the bottle on the shelf and asked him, “Do you want me to spritz some on you?”“Sure, I’ll try it.”“Cover your face with your hands and I’ll spray there first.”He does and I. He patted me on the back as I kept walking over to my next class.By the time the last class before lunch ended, I noticed that the whispering stares were no longer accusatory. In fact, most of the guys were staring at me in awe and some of the girls were giving me the once over, ogling me like a piece of meat. I had to admit, the attention boosted my ego and I found myself walking proudly down the hallways, my spine erect as I stood at my full 5'11" (and a quarter inch) height.One guy chopped.
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