This thing makes so much noise it'll scare away anything within ten miles of us." Bev picked up the other end and the three of them took off running i...to the forest.Kyle said, "What do they need that thing for? What's she going to get, a rabbit or something?" Time will tell, Son," I told him."Look, if you and the kids want to get out of those clothes, you're not going to offend anyone. I might as well warn you. If you're going to stay, you'll need to get rid of them eventually."Grace answered. “Hello sir” Trish said and they were both trying extremely hard not to look directly at the towel on my lap, I needed a smoke and luckily still had a cone rolled and ready, but how was I going to get to the patio and maintain my dignity.Meghan saw me reach for my tin and her eyes lit up, “Oooh cool Uncle Dave, can we share?” she asked and I wasn’t sure if Trish had smoked before but she certainly seemed happy to go with the flow.“Of course” I said as I wrapped the little towel around me which. The fifteen-year-old girl, soon to be a sixteen-year-old girl, was in a state of near shock. She tried to blank out the image in her mind of a woman... her mother? Mrs. Slade? Kneeling while prince was on her like Jennifer had once seen with two dogs in the park. The idea of it happening to her mother was sickening but when the image became that of Mrs. Slade the girl got a certain pleasure from imagining the unfaithful woman being humbled by the dog.Jennifer just sat there in a daze until she. I just want to put it aside so we can be a family again." Well, Christmas is supposed to help things like that." Dom didn't believe it, but it wasn't a bad idea, and she needed the comfort of it. "Maybe this year things will change." Nice thought." Lani changed the subject. "What will you do on Christmas? I hate to think of you sitting here by yourself." I won't be," he assured her. "Greg and his wife are having a big thing for anybody who can't get home for the day. If I don't go, they'll hunt.