"It will not be possible for you to accept that offer," the King said when Torbert was seated. "Wesring is to be disbanded. It is a lordless holding, ...ith Commerly acting as steward until final disposition. I have decided to divide the land into the three adjoining grants. I'm sorry and I want you to understand why I'm doing this."Jorgarn nodded, remembering Torbert had said there was a history behind the land."The first man I killed came from Wesring," Sir Torbert said. "He was my nephew. The. So easy tolose control. Like you’re watching yourself from the outside. A story thatwrites itself. You forget to track the path of things. They just happen. Andyou let them. Back inside the house and it was far passed any normal bedtime.Justin was tugging at Fergus’s briefs which started a wrestling match betweenthe two of them on the bed. Dakota was sitting on my lap facing me. Like a son.Or a little brother. But we both knew he wasn’t. Amidst all the noise, screaming and laughing, Dakota’s. I think I'll dress up a bit for myman." I was hoping you'd say that." I'm glad you approve." Good bye now, my love." Bye, Lance."He hung up.And I cried, over nothing and everything. I suppose I was just so happyand excited to be coming home to myself.# # #At Roscoe's that night, we were sitting at a nice central table enjoyingeach other while attracting no more attention than any other couple.Lance was just being himself, making jokes and telling stories about hislife and his business. He. ”“I’d love to punish Lonnie for his indifference,” Mandysaid. “If only I was strong enough, I’d take his pantsdown, lean him bare-assed over the trunk of this treeand spank him like a little boy.”The two of them laughed and Sandi said: “I don’t knowwhy, but that idea really turns me on. Isn’t thatawful?”Mandy laughed even harder. “Yeah. That’s weird. I don’tknow where that idea came from but it gets me hot.