his dirty work. If you want a man, a man to love
you, and to hold you, and to keep you as his own, then I'll stay. But
if not, after tomorrow I'm leaving. I can't take your husband's place.
He's a greater man than I could ever be. HE fought before he even KNEW
The Young Speaker.
29 I had to be touched by his Power, reborn, before I was fit to stand
beside him. You can continue to live in the past if you want. You can continue to hate, but it's not
what they want. They want you to live, dance, be happy."
30 He reached the car before she did, and opened the door. She got in
and slid way over in the seat, looking out the window. "Take me home,"
she ordered.
31 "Yes, ma'am," the Driver answered, and they sped off. Bullet could
see the Driver's face in the mirror. When the man realized he was
watching him, he winked. Bullet winked back. He had
SOMEBODY'S approval, he thought.
32 The atmosphere in the house the rest of the evening was like an
approaching storm ready to strike. Bullet announced he was going to bed
, and everybody wanted to see what happened, but Sweet Blossom sat in
her chair watching the t.v. A couple of hours later Bullet's door
opened. She came in and sat on the foot of the bed. "I want you," she
sighed.
33 "What?" asked Bullet.
34 "I want you. I want you to stay. I love you!"
35 Bullet pulled back the covers and she got in with him. In the
morning, as he was getting up, Bullet felt something cold against his
leg. He reached under the covers. "What, in the Name of The Lords," he
asked, "are these?"
36 Sweet Blossom rolled over and half awake looked at what he held. Her
eyes widened. She pulled herself up and threw back the covers. Looking
down at her leg she began to cry.