"Don't mourn what never was," Rhiannon offered after a time. "Don't play the 'what-if' game with yourself. If you can't handle this - move on." There ...as a sharp edge to her voice which years of experience taught me she didn't intend. Emotional conversations just weren't Rhi's thing. Dear God, how I loved her for it, because at that moment I felt emotional enough for the three of us."Call him," Adele prompted gently. "He's a nice guy; he deserves a chance to explain." Explain what? Assault with. The problem with dredging was it brought a lot more crocs and snakes into the area.I left the last trading post and followed the river like current with the other boats spaced out behind me. I was the only one on my boat but each of the others had several people. Three were families and one even had a cute teenager. Of course there were eight people in their boat so it was a little crowded.Right behind my boat I towed a smaller swamp skiff I would use to hunt. After several hours the river or. Lori had to ship semen again this week. It would be a busy week. Norm would arrive on Friday afternoon setting the stage for a very eventful weekend. The week passed quickly. I had to go into North Platte for parts so I decided to go find Alisha and buy her lunch. When I stopped by where she worked, one of her co-workers told me that she had left for lunch already and wouldn’t be back till 2 o’clock. I knew that she went home for lunch every day so I drove over to Barb and Mark’s. From what little I learned of the man, it appears highly unlikely that he could meet any of the criteria. Now it appears that Alatem has vanished again." Bowing his head in his hands the Emperor felt more defeated than he ever had.Alatem watched everything she could on the readings; at least they had physical evidence that her uncle Tiberias was alive and consorting to produce a clone army. Her uncle and cousin had finally moved to the third location when she received a signal from her contact.