Free Girl Power by Dee Dawning Page B

ah…went to see Dry Run, the new Fats Taylor movie, with him."
    "Did you have fun?"
    "Yes." Brenda averted her gaze and fidgeted. "After the movie he took me to a night club and we danced and…ah…"
    "What?"
    "Ah we…"
    "What?" Sally laughed. "Spit it out girl."
    Brenda glanced around the room. "We kissed on the dance floor and when
    the music stopped, we—"
    "Hold on. You don't have to give me details. Did you have fun? That's all I want to know."
    She joined her hands. "Oh, yes. It was the most wonderful date I ever had."
    "That's exactly the way young love should be—passionate and full of fun.
    When are you going to see Mickey again?"
    "I don't know. Maybe never. Sally, I can't trust myself with him."
    Sally snickered and grinned. "Oh, I think you'll go out with him again.
    Besides it isn't every day you find someone who can push your buttons."
    Brenda scolded her, "Sally!" but her eyes sparkled as she giggled. "That's what I'm worried. No one has ever pushed my buttons as easily as he does."
    Sally picked up the interview questionnaire. "I'm going to fill this out so you can get it right back to your boyfriend."
    Brenda smiled broadly. Boyfriend? I like that .

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    Kelly stepped into Lindy's office in the company of a slightly gray-haired
    man wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson. "Lindy, I'd like you to meet Lee Casey, my favorite uncle."
    Lindy studied him for a few seconds. As advertised, he was a tall,
    distinguished looking older man, but not as old as she'd pictured. The most
    noticeable thing about him was his penetrating, blue eyes. Realizing she was
    acting rude, she scrambled to her feet and shook the man's hand. "Good
    afternoon, I'm Lindy Rollins. Good to meet you, sir. Kelly has told me what a
    wizard you are."
    His fascinating eyes seemed to smile. He threw his head back and laughed.
    "Young lady, I've been around long enough to have been called everything, but I do believe you are the first person ever to call me a wizard."
    "I'm sor…I didn't mean…"
    He laughed again. "Don't worry, no offense taken. Besides isn't that why my niece brought me here, to work magic?"
    Lindy turned to Kelly. "Please sit down, both of you." They sat in the available office chairs. "Would you like refreshment? Coffee, soda, bottled water?"
    Lee leaned forward. "Coffee would be nice. Black, please."
    "And you, Kelly?"
    Kelly leaned back in her chair and set her arms on the armrests. "I'll have coffee, too."
    "Cream and sugar?"
    "Yes. Splenda if you have it. Otherwise, sugar."
    Lindy pushed the intercom button. "Millie, would you bring three coffees
    along with cream and Splenda or sugar."
    "Yes ma'am."
    Lindy turned the intercom off and leaned back. "Coffee will be here in a
    minute. Did Kelly tell you what I need?"
    Lee shifted in his chair. "Vaguely. She said you needed advice on how to
    run a national campaign."
    "That's right. Lee, do you know what we're trying to do here?"
    "Of course, I do. I haven't been out of the country. Anyone who pays
    attention knows you're trying to get a women's political party going." He
    chuckled. "Good for you. I say it's about time the two lethargic, lumbering parties have a vibrant, new thoroughbred to give them a run for their money."
    He waggled his bushy eyebrows. "And since the misguided Citizens United
    decision, I do mean money."
    "I know. Money's a problem."
    "It shouldn't be at first, because the other parties won't take you serious unless you rise in the polls. Even then, they'll be reluctant to split their PAC
    money over two candidates."
    "You don't have a problem, knowing what we're doing, working with
    women?"
    Lee laughed again. "On the contrary, from their precise, practical
    intelligence, to their familial loyalty, to their divinely sculpted curves, I love every aspect of women." He glanced at Kelly, who blushed. "Ask my niece."
    Kelly rolled her eyes. "I wasn't going to mention this, but Uncle Lee has a reputation as something of a ladies man."

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