It’s comfort food, not healthy food. So she makes it once a year, on Christmas Eve. The oven has a timer and she set it so dinner will be ready as s...on as she comes home. All she needs to do is to saute some green beans she’s already blanched and dinner will be ready. We’ll have time to open presents before heading out to the midnight service.”“You open presents on Christmas Eve?”“We open one gift each and save the rest for Christmas Day.”“My mom and I had a talk the morning after we arrived.. Junior asked Janet about the tank and she assured him it could be fitted into the bed of the Ford. Since it held 190 gallons of diesel and had a 12 volt pump it would make refueling a breeze. Janet also pointed a second pump, one that had been taken from a leaking tank so the tank could be welded. She said they could rig it up with some hose and be able to pump fuel from any stations in ground fuel tanks. Janet showed Junior the fuel storage tanks behind the machine shed. Both were 1000. I just shook my head and went back inside to fetch the list of things we needed to find in town and wake everyone else up. Most of the guys and Carry were already awake and getting their selves motivated for the day. Adrien, Zack, and Donny were still asleep though. I patted each of them on the ass to wake them and it did the trick. They opened their eyes and scanned around the room to see what was going on. Come on guys up and at em we have a long day ahead of us. I told them. I looked to. It sounded like Roberta had tried the direct approach, and it had been too much for Johnny. When Roberta had returned for more, she'd been unable to live with what she found.He turned and left the room. The hallway was empty, but he heard voices coming from the common room, so he went that way.He found Toni and Bev sitting on a couch, supporting the sobbing young woman who had screamed, as they explained who they were and how they came to be there.When Steve approached, the tall woman who had.