We never had done that much talking while I was doing highway driving, and we both listened to NPR a lot, so the silences didn't seem all that unusual...Except when we stopped for the night.The RV park had a coin laundry, and I pointed it out to Tess. "Maybe this would be a good place to wash the sheets," I said. "Then I could sleep tonight in Kim's bedroom, and you wouldn't have to worry about Lover Boy's detecting signs of my presence in the Master Suite."She just clouded up, like she was going. As I had said before, no one had passed that day. As soon as the first few flakes fell, shutters were slammed closed, doors were locked and smoke billowed from endless rows of blackened chimneys. So, we were all awfully startled when the Demon King himself came striding around the corner, his son in tow. Rone was rarely ever seen down these dank alleys, although he was an extravagant purchaser of some of the best, foreign sex slaves in the kingdom.I was new to this place. I had been captured in. Karen covered her mouth to hide her snicker as she realized the necklace was the same one Brad just bought for her.“Back again so soon?” The saleswoman asked, recognizing Karen.“You have such a lovely store. I was looking in here for something for Dan,” she reasoned to Abby.“I see that necklace is now on sale. Do you think a boy would wear that kind of jewelry?” Abby pointed the necklace to the woman. “Mrs. Miller, do you think Brad would wear it for me?”“This necklace is the last one. Over time, they had learned to be very honest with themselves and each other. Sometimes it didn't take -- they'd had some difficulty learning to accept that criticism. There had been a lot happen in the last few weeks, few days, and they really hadn't had time to pick at it. Both knew that the next few days were going to be an advanced dogsledding seminar, and they were both looking forward to it. It would have been harder to do if she had flown home."Yeah," Josh agreed, signaling for a turn..