Late night. I am in a heap of trouble.
I wrecked Dr. Laighles’s Corvette. I am as good as dead. I’ve been on the job less than a week and already I’ve destroyed their property. What’s next, burning down their house?
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When I picked up Caroline at the Hotel Jamestown, she was wearing a pink jumpsuit with a gold looping belt that nicely revealed her shape. One thing I always liked about her in school is that she is not gaudy. She never wears too much of anything. Nowadays, everything is big and bold, and oftentimes it is too much for my tastes. She keeps everything simple, and tonight, she was wearing small pearl earrings and a bracelet.
“I’m not getting in that thing,” she said pointing to Dr. Laighles’s old pickup truck.
“It’s that, or I go back for my motorcycle.”
“I’m not riding th
