"We had a celebration for Jess, Cheryl and Dom came out and as usual the women folk took off to talk 'woman's business' while us menfolk enjoyed a few... drinks.Dom told me that the parlour was going well, though he missed the Sundowner. His dad was making slow progress but wouldn't be able to take up the reins again....I was talking to Sister Maria one day and told her about us still using Kitty and Jack to fill the void that Dom and Cheryl hade left."If you are looking for replacements Tony I. It’s just a little bit longer, Love. I’m waiting.’ There’s a small bathroom in the corner, you take a few seconds freshening up and go down the steps. Back in the kitchen, open the French door, and step out onto the expansive deck built onto the back of the house. ‘My God, the beauty here is unbelievable,’ you exclaim to yourself. There’s something near the end of the long yard, perhaps a table or other feature and you bound down the steps and across the springy, soft grass wondering what is. She had asked Mr. Nevers to spell out the names for her, and he had written all three out plus "Maryland," "Annapolis," "Baltimore," and the words "town" and "tobacco." She had quickly learned to say the colony's name as something like "Mer'lan" rather than as two, separate words. She rubbed out the other peoples' names and wrote the place names. She looked at the words. If that was "Baltimore," she decided, then B-A-L was ball, T-I was tea, and M-O-R-E was more. She planned to ask Mr. Nevers. I noticed the security guard that confronted me. I walked right by him hoping he'd take no notice of me even with my camera bag over my shoulder. It worked. He didn't call out or catch up.The store teemed with slender, attractive teen girls. A group of six had a couple of very pretty girls but that made it hard to talk to them and made it more likely that one of the girls would be skeptical of my intentions. Two other girls drew my attention. When one girl headed toward the register, I walked.
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