*Chapter20*

Where am I?I've been driving around for hours,I must be somewhere.These roads are nothing like the ones in College Station.I dont even remember these roads.Thought Blair

to herself as she drives by a bar.I think I might go in find a map,Fix my make-up..Have a.... drink.thought Blair as she pulls into the parkinglot of the bar then stops the car and gets

out and walks into the bar.

Blair walks over to the countor then sits down on a bar stool as a guy about 35 walks over to her."Your new."said the guy."Dont miss a thing do'ya."said Blair as she takes out

her credit card."Well I know every person that comes in here,I like it when a new face

comes in,I like it even better when its a woman with looks that could kill."said the guy.

"Your not too bad yourself..But..I got to teen aged daughters and a husban that just killed

himself so im not looking right now.But I'll have the strongest drink you got make it a double,and I need a map."said Blair as she slaps her credit card down on the table."Two

teenaged girls huh."said the guy as he walks over with Blair's drink."Yeah,Marcie my oldest is 15 shes my stepdaughter ,she hates me,Then my daughter Morgan she's 13 her

and I are close.Marcie hates me even more sence her father kill himself two weeks ago..Yeah my life is perfect."said Blair as she takes the last sip of her drink."Well I have

a 9 year old daughter myself,Yeah my wife died two years ago,She died of a brain tumor."said the guy."Im sorry. l'll take another one."said Blair."Here you go."said The guy as he sets the drink down.

Two hours later Blair takes the last sip of her fifth drink when the guy walks over to her.

"Im sorry but we'er closing."said the guy."Ho..come....long...One more dri...nk."said Blair

slurring her words as she talks."Do you have a number I could call for someone to come

and get you?"asked the guy."Im stay...ing ..ith some fri..ends if you ev..en want to call hem..friends."said Blair Slurring her words."I need a number."said The guy."Yeah..Uh Bruces and Edna Gaines.Look it up in the phone book."said Blair as she puts a hand through her hair.

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"Thats it im going to bed."said Marcie as she stands up."Oh come on,Its only 1am."said

Lisa as she takes a drink of coke."Yeah but I might as well go I mean Callie went around

ten,Felicia around eleven and Morgan around midnight I think I better get going."said Marcie."Ok I'll clean up."said Lisa as Marcie leaves the room and heads for the stairs where she can hear Natalie,Jo,Dorothy and Edna talking."This could be kinda fun."said

Marcie quietly to her self as she stands by the stairs and listens in.

"I wonder whats up with Blair?"asked Jo as she pulls some hair behind her ear."I dont

know,Marcie is not talking and Morgan well I heard that she's closer to Blair then Marcie

is but I know Marcie has more of the info we need."said Natalie."Yeah I know.Blair isn't

the only one who's been acting strange,Bruce said that When RoseMarie fell today that

Sam said he would take care of her but Callie yelled and said that she could do it she got

protective almost."said Edna."Callie and RoseMarie are close thats all."said Jo stoping the subject before it went any farther.

I guess I'll go downstairs now nothing good is happening.Thought Marcie to herself.As

she walks down the stairs the phone rings.Marice stops at the bottom step as Jo answers

the phone.

"Hello,Yes this is the Gaines,She's Where!Yes Yes we'll be there right away."Said Jo as

she hangs up the phone.

"What Happened is it Blair?Is she ok?"asked Marcie in panic."Yes clam down,She's at a

bar on 354,She had too much to drink and needs a ride home."said Jo."Nothing new there,im going to bed."said Marcie as she starts to leave."Hold it Marcie."said Jo as Marcie turns around."What?"asked Marcie in a rude voice."First your in a panic,Then your like nothing happened."said Jo."You'll get use to it after a while.I know I have."said

Marcie.Natalie walks over to Marcie and looks her in the eyes."You and Morgan know

something we dont am I right.Said Natalie."Yep,Morgan and I both know that Y'all are a

bunch of nosey ladys that have nothing better to do then to pry into an off limits zone which by the way just happens to be our lives!"Yelled Marice as she turns around and starts to leave."What does your father think of all of this?"asked Dorothy.As Dorothy said

that Marcie felt like someone punched her in the stomach,tears form in her eyes,She trys to

hold them back as she turns around."My Father."said Marcie alittle bit above a whisper.

"Yeah what does he think?"asked Jo. "What does he think!What does he think!"Yelled Marcie as she storms out of the room leaving eveyone looking at eachother.

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About an hour later Jo walks into the bar and sees Blair sitting on a bar stool half drunk.

Jo walks over to Blair and puts a hand on her back."Blair."said Jo as Blair turns around to

look at Jo."Jo..What yar...ou..do..here?"asked Blair while slurring her words."Im here to

take you home,Come on."said Jo as she helps Blair up."What ...bout.. the car?"asked Blair while slurring her words."Natalie will drive it home can I have the keys?"asked Jo.

"No,The..ir..My ees."said Blair slurring her words."No they belong to the Car Place where you rented the car from.Now give me the keys!"yelled Jo getting angry."Ho..Law..

birte."said Blair slurring her words as she hands Jo the car keys.