The morning passed blissfully. I noticed that Lana tried to spend time with me and the girls but other than that seemed to have accepted our decision....Tom found all of the fencing materials that he needed and loaded them up on a flatbed trailer along with the new tractor and auger attachment. We had nearly a full load on the trailer and left it sitting in the front of the store as we continued our shopping. I guess shopping would be the wrong word as we didn't pay for anything, but again none. Neither Hector nor Robert liked it, but I did. Pulling off my windbreaker with U.S. Marshal emblazoned across it, I crawled around on the ground to get my knees dirty. Having chased errant cows before, I made sure I was properly adorned with dirt and mud, and then wiped my hands off on my pants. I ran back to the SUV and drove into the driveway. I left the door open, which left the interior lights on so anyone could see that nobody else was inside.“Hey, buddy, it’s Jim,” I shouted as I pounded. "When did this ... woman start working here?" I asked the man bluntly."She just started working here today," Eric the bartender stated. "Philips from the Graf's guard dropped her off this morning when he came and got Goldie. He told us just to let her do what she wanted and ignore her. We didn't know that she was ... well whatever that thing is. I swear it!"I looked at Nimue and Dork and then over at Richards. It was clear to all of us that Onyx or some other network had known that we'd be. The cribs, we bought in haste, were practically grown out of, so we planned to sit down and discuss what came next.We stopped at a Dairy Queen to get everyone an ice cream cone. I wanted to take everyone inside, but the girls suggested we stay in the car – so we did. The moment the little guys were handed a cone, things got quiet. The power of ice cream!I remember taking all five of them to Foster's Old Fashion Freeze, to give Mary some time to herself. We'd often all go to Little Black Sambo's.