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Yuki laughed in the face of such practiced seduction, and then she surprised herself

She said yes

Chapter 41

STEVEN MEACHAM AND HIS WIFE, Sandy, atching 48 Hours Mystery on TV in their expansive home in Cow Hollohen the doorbell chimed

Steve said to Sandy, “Are we expecting someone?”

“Hell no,” Sandy said, thinking of the door-to-door canvassing that had been going on because of the heated school board elections She took a sip froo away”

“I guess I can always give ’em a couple of shots to the ribs,and punching the air, then slipping his bare feet into his loafers

He walked to the front door, peered through the fanlight, sao good-looking boys standing outside, kids about the age of his son, Scott

What was this?

The heavier of the tore a peachy-colored T-shirt under a ca his shirt collar, more Banana Republic than Republican, and definitely not a Jehovah’s Witness The other boy was dressed traditionally in a glen plaid jacket over a lavender polo shirt, hair long in front like a kid fro school The boys had unopened liquor bottles in hand

Meacham turned off the security alarm, opened the door a crack, said, “May I help you felloith so?”

“My name is Hawk, Mr Meachae Uh, those are our pledge naetically “We’re friends of Scotty’s, you know, and we’re pledging Alpha Delta Phi?”

“No kiddin’? Scotty didn’t call”

“No, sir, he doesn’t knoe’re here We have to do this on the sneak”

“Pledges, huh?”