He stopped short of inquiring why we had not slept the night before. I told him Laura would get the message that Nadine had called, knowing that once ...they talked Nadine would tell Charles about Mollie and why we had been up all night.I tried to say something to each of my instructors about my being away the day before. Two of them gave me a brief outline of what I had missed. The third dismissed my concerns as if I made a habit of being absent."Don't look at it," Huley said when I studied the. .. since you won that round, what would you like all of us to do?"I stood there looking at all the girls letting them wonder for a moment, though I already had something very specific in mind. Especially seeing my two old high school chums, Sandra and Elizabeth."You did say anything right?"Bella looked at everyone, only my two high school friends looking more than a bit nervous and anxious as the two of them stood there waiting on me."Anything ... right girls?" She asked getting confirmation by. Laurel pouring tea with every bit of grace Lady Joan had taught her, listened to Chloe chatter, Revanche filling in about some of the sights of town. They talked about how much Revanche enjoyed learning from Mr. Tetly, Laurel filled Re in on the goings on that she knew about from home. Chloe asked Laurel if she would be so kind as to play the harp for them, Laurel happy to do anything that would stop Chloe's aunt from giving her those looks brought the harp into the parlor from her lair. Laurel. When I met you at the convention center that day you really swept me off my feet. You treated me like I was,... oh hell I don't know... ME! When I'm repping like that I get a lot of come-ons and creeps, especially at car shows. You were just the sweetest! When you asked me out I really expected you to be real aggressive, but you proved that you wanted to be friends first. Then I heard about your reputation and wondered if you were setting me up, because you hadn't tried to seduce me. I know now.