It was late and the fire was dying when Red decided to carry her to bed.Red pressed a kiss to her temple and began untangling himself from her limbs.�...�Where are you going?” she queried sleepily.“I need to bring in more wood from outside. The fire will be dying soon and the electricity likely won’t be restored until morning,” he drew the blanket down their legs, looking across the room for his snow boots. “No! Don’t go out in the storm again,” she stopped him with a hand on his arm, her earlier. He spent a lot of Friday in the downstairs john. He was alone after noon, when Reese was off to the library to work. Zeena was back at the office holding down the fort, he supposed. The retching surges came just close enough that he felt there wasn't much point in wiping his mouth, rinsing, and going out to sit down. Last night he'd told the women to leave him alone, partly because he wanted to be alone in his misery, and partly because, well, he didn't want them near him.You can actually get. The old guy deserved to die happy.I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't hear most of the reading of the will. But I perked up when I heard my name mentioned. "And to my nephew, Ben, I leave the contents of this envelope." The lawyer handed me a large manilla envelope. I was a little disappointed not to have gotten cash, but I was intrigued by what might be inside the envelope. I opened it up and looked inside. There was a second sealed envelope inside the first, and on the outside of the. " Well," I replied. "I don't recall hearing any complaints last night, now did I?" Na," Julie drawled. "Ya'll done real good, Bubba."Both Lisa and I cracked up at that. I followed up by reminding them that we had to get our story straight for the doctor at the clinic. I told them that they had to get their skanky outfits on and to pack some more appropriate clothes for the mall. Our story hadn't changed much except for Lisa's part about the candles. I had confidence that she act well enough to.