Yes, it's still snowing here. No, neither of us has been outside to check the depth of the snow. Here she is now," I told her father before passing th... phone to Rose Ann while making pinching motions with my thumb and finger.Rose Ann covered the mouthpiece long enough to mouth softly, "Bastard! Don't you dare!" Yea, right... Like that was gonna stop me having fun!"Hi, Daddy," Rose Ann said in a light-hearted voice while swinging 'get away from me' slaps at me. She turned to look out the window. The weight of my guilt pressed down on me like a slab of concrete resting on my chest. It squeezed the breathe out of me inch by inch. My heart began to race and my face broke out in a cold sweat. Amber’s voice echoed in my head, bouncing around the caverns of my mind like an endless echo. I had to get away. Away from Kristel, away from the apartment, away from everyone. So I jumped. No destination in mind, no thought to where I might end up, just away. Hermes had told me that I couldn’t jump. "Bob, Honey are you going to be up for the day now?" Yes, I have a couple of errands to run today and I thought I would get an early start. I need to go to the bank and I thought that since you will be gone all next week then maybe I could talk to Phil and see if he wanted to take a couple of days over at Coushatta and see if we could make some money again." That would definitely make the week seem shorter without me, wouldn't it? Just don't lose too much. Don't take a lot of money with you. I. Unfortunately, the hasty ride to Gondor made even the furtive self-pleasure she was currently attempting difficult at best. But it was also her only option. Even if I wanted to entice a Rider into a diverting liaison, I can’t. Because at the moment, I’m allegedly a man... No, she was finally forced to admit, this entire situation is my fault. I’m the one who chose to defy the King in the first place. Disguising herself in somewhat ill-fitting male garb had been necessary to hide her identity,.