She used to like me a lot, out of all of Anjan’s friends and used to always hug me whenever she got a chance, and dote on me more like a mother than...a sister. And today, she was scarier than anything we have experienced all our lives and we had no idea what she was gonna do with us! I continued my entreaties for about thirty seconds (though it felt like an hour to me), when she grabbed me by my hair and pulled me up, eliciting a scream from me, as my hair got yanked. She pulled me in front of. " Yeah, I know," he sighed. "At one time, back when this idea was first cooked up, I thought I might take an extended leave and go with them. I mean, it was Duane and Cory back then. But I thought no, it's their adventure, they don't need me watching over them. And then, this spring I've been reading his letters and reading the trail guides about the stuff he's been passing, and the itch has been going again. Hell, I'm not that far from retiring, after all. But," he said, with a glance at her. " I nodded. "I missed him so much over the summer. I dunno how manymornings I sat at my bedroom window, waiting for his truck to pull backinto the driveway. Now that he's back, all I want is for him to do is goaway; at the same time, I still miss him and want to be with him."Terri stopped stabbing at the bacon on her plate, but didn't look upwhen she spoke. "I used to feel like that about my dad too. Sometimesfathers can be so...." She sounded both angry and sad. "I'm sorry. Idon't want to. I said yes, that we were more than happy with everything. Jim said he was pleased and asked if we would like to join him and a few others for a barbecue at the caravan park about 6pm. We agreed that we would like to do that and said we would see him there. So when we got to our cabin, we decided to have a quick swim to cool off then enjoy a couple of beers before meeting at the barbecue. I had enough time to get some washing, including our messed bed sheet, into a machine in the laundry. I.