I made sure the wood for the fireplaces was in easy reach. Although each had a gas log, the wood was really for flavor and scent, being hickory, apple... and other fruit trees. I went inside, showered, shaved, and put on my bathrobe. I then started to get dinner ready. It was now beginning to snow in large silver dollar size flakes. These usually indicate a wet snow shower of an hour or so. This time though, the wind picked up. Within a half hour the snow turned much smaller and was falling fast,. ”“Interesting,” I said. “What’s the rest of the house?”He led me up the hall. “Guest room.”“Really IS a guest room,” I noted. “Most of the time, ‘guest room’ is filled with junk.”“Oh, now if you wanna talk ‘junk’, here’s my hobby room.” He opened a door. “Hobby stuff. Bench in the corner – ham radio. This bench – handloading ammunition. Big black thing over there – gun safe.”“You do all those?”“Yep. Geek, with an affinity for projectile weapons. Does that scare you off?”I smirked and snickered.. ”Callan just nodded, calmer than he’d been, but still nervous as to why Jill wasn’t back in Miami as she’d promised.I retrieved my phone from the dining table and pressed the speed dial for Jill. It took some time but she picked up after the fifth or sixth ring.“Hey babe,” even now after all these years I smiled to myself whenever I heard her voice.“Hi, sweetheart. I’ve got Callan here, and he’s confused. He says he was expecting to pick you up at the airport an hour and a half ago.”“Dave, are. This woman’s husband just sat there taking it all in, however the wife had trouble believing that, so I said why would you not believe what you have just been told ? She replied “with anything” I just looked directly at her and nodded.She looked at her husband and said “I just can’t believe it”So I said, “well how about I give you 4 things that I would have them do & you pick one from that list & then you tell them to do it”She grinned and said “oh really” “Yes” was my reply.So my list was.