Carmen shook her ass and threw back her hair. Sherri couldn’t help laughing, although her spirits sank when she left the dorm with her duffel bag and was shuttled to the main building, wondering how she’d even get home without a car. How she wished she had her own set of wheels! She was going to ask the security guy if he’d take her to East Troy but decided against it when he complained about how busy the resort was that day.

Sherri walked into the lobby and spied Jerry Derzon sitting on the couch with his legs splayed apart, his gold-wire sunglasses resting on top of his balding head. A woman with large plastic hoop earrings and a low-cut pink top sat next to him, her hand casually pressed against his thigh. When Jerry saw Sherri heading in his direction, he sat up straighter and drew his legs together. He whispered something in the woman’s ear and she quickly got up and walked away, her skirt pulled tight across her rear. Jerry, who liked to throw his weight around back home, was visibly nervous.

“Well, well,” he said. “No ears?”

Sherri had no patience for Jerry, trying to deflect attention from his indiscretions. “That’s not Doris.”

“No, she’s my—”

“Look, I don’t care. It’s none of my concern.” She stood with her hands balled up at her sides. “Don’t worry, I won’t say anything.” She wished she could. Doris was always so high-minded, sending her boys to church with plaid bow ties and wax in their hair, and organizing etiquette classes for the girls in town as part of the Lioness Club. Sherri bet that, after her training to become a Bunny, she now knew more about table settings and manners than Doris ever did.

“I need to go home. Are you headed that direction?”

Jerry checked his Seiko watch, the same watch her father had once fixed for him after he’d dropped it a fish pond, probably because he was drunk. “As a matter of fact, I am. I’m meeting my friend on the square. Arthur, you remember him.”

“Sure, I do. I got written up for talking to you guys for too long.”

“Well, we’re having a late breakfast at Giles. Join us. Or join him. I’ve got a busted pipe at one of my rentals that needs fixing, so I can’t stay. I’m sure Arthur would enjoy getting to know you better. Anyone could see he has eyes for you.”