Not A Small-Town Girl

His words left Danielle feeling like a scumbag. ’Did I actually do something out of line? Am I that bad of a drinker?’ she thought in horror.

Her head throbbed faintly as fragments of the evening flickered back into her mind.

"Two little bumblebees fly into the flower field.

Buzz, buzz." She remembered singing aloud. "David, you’re so handsome. Come here, give me a kiss," she had said with a giggle, her voice slurring. Then, she demanded, "Hold me. Sing me a lullaby."

In her drunken stupor, she even tried to take his shirt off. Danielle buried her face in her hands, appalled by her behavior.

"Remember now?" David said playfully, clearly enjoying her reaction.

head dropping as her cheeks turned red with embarrassment,

from further teasing. All the while, Albert watched

shopping with Juniper. Before she got out of the

my supplementary card. Spend as much

her head. "I don’t need it. I have my

but he wanted her to save her

for my future wife." David held the card out,

decline further. ’Why does everyone like to give out cards?’ she wondered. She

later." David caressed her

here. Focus on work," Danielle