<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Desiree turns to look at JD, nodding slowly. She clutches her book to her chest and makes her way up the stairs silently. She pauses before a rather large room, slowly opening the door. It's decorated in soft blues and whites, very comfortable and homey.<br/>She moves to the window and closes the blinds, sitting on the chair next to it. The book is sat on the end table, in reach if she needs to reference something.<br/><br/>"I've never done anything like this before" She confesses "will you take it slow?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Jude smiled softly and nodded slightly, "If that is what you truly wish to do yes I will take everything slow and easy but first I would like to ask you a question or two because there are some folks who are concerned about you.  Now just so you'll understand I don't normally get involved in a young woman's decisions on how they wish to run their lives.  Last night however the decision to do so was somewhat forcefully thrown into my hands so to speak after your mother was heard to put up a major fit in one of the public taverns last night.  I won't go into all the details of it if you don't want me to but the main focus of it all was that you were here not under your own choice but because you were being influenced to stay by your mistress and her husband."<br/><br/>He saw that Desiree was about to interupt to say other wise but held up a finger towards his lips.  "Hold on there with that thought for a moment and let me finish please.  Ive known Lysette and her husband Seth for a number of years now.  Not once have I ever known them to force their employees to do anything that the girls themselves did not want to do.  In fact I happen to know that they treat each of their girls as if they were their own daughters.  But being the Marshal I have to look into such accusations other wise some of the concerned folks in town might decide that they just have to stick their noses where they don't belong."<br/><br/>Jude paused for a few moments to think of the best way to put the next part and finally just decided on being his usual blunt honest self.  "Now I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in being with you in an intimate manner but that's something we don't have to do unless your really sure that's what you want.  All I really need is to hear your side of the story.  Or at least as much as your willing to tell me that I can share with those other interested parties in town so that they wont have to worry so much about you."