I took the list the shady merchant handed to me along with a wad of greenbacks that had seen a better day.I also had a list from the Colonel’s daugh...er with a number of female necessities that were supposed to be for her and the only female survivor of Geronimo’s recent raid. She whispered in my ear that the widow called Jodie was still humping her father day and night and that the sounds of their love-making reminded her of the animals in the barn instead of two perfectly civilized human. I told her it would be okay, I would call her every night, we could even video chat, whatever she wanted. I have a great idea, I told her, have your girlfriends over for a slumber party over here this Friday. That cheered her up and she got herself under control. She gave me a slow sad wave as she watched me drive down the street.I sighed with something like relief. I adored Kana, was outright obsessed with her to be honest. She was perfect in just about every way except she couldn’t drive or. I got her a TV tray and set her up on the end of the sofa with a plate. We watched TV, ate and chatted for a good while. The program went off at 8 p.m., and there wasn’t much else coming on. “How about some wine?”, Kelly asked. I told her the bottle we had opened earlier in the week was still on the island counter. “Great”, she replied and was back with two glasses in no time. We talked for a while about her job, family and whatever else I could think of to keep the conversation off of John.. Greg suggested she come to visit some time, and Allison replied that she thought Rachael would love it.The question came up again as to why she and their father were getting married, but she gave the same answer as before: to help him get over his ex-wife. Greg added that she had been very clear from the beginning that the two of them weren't in love, that it was simply a way for them both to get what they wanted."But now that I've met all of you," she smiled, "I'm happy that I'm going to go.