"We could, well, not me, you could make Matthew a free man. He deserves it. We've already gotten more than ten pounds a'work from him. And he did save...my skin, most of it." I know. I tink about it some more. Tell him, ja, come see me." We're 'bout ready to start charcoaling," Matthew said, after George Martz's clumsy embrace and hearty handshake. "You know they use clay up here 'stead a'charcoal dust? Seals the pit up better, fewer mulls. What brings you out to the wilderness?" Zome vilderness!. She turned to May. "We?d better go see if someone needs help."May nodded and led the way up the creaking staircase to the second floor landing. Just then a dark flying object swooped right down toward their faces and veered off at the last second! "Ahhhh!" they both screamed."What was that?" April recovered first."I think it was a bat." Let?s find the phone and get out of here." But what if that bat was rabid and the person upstairs needs medical attention?"April gulped, then nodded. "Okay.. "Todd is taking us over to Tito's for the afternoon. Do you want to come?"Part of me wanted to say no. They had been going to Tito's two or three times a week for over a month and hadn't invited me once. Another part desperately wanted to go along to see what all the hype was about. A logical corner of my brain piped up to remind me that they had been riding their bikes to get there, and I wouldn't have been able to go if they had invited me.I looked at Pappy, who simply smiled and said, "Be. He knew it was best if he proceeded with caution, making certain she knew he was not a threat to her. She was indeed the creature in the alley. Her mouth open, snarling and growling at what she perceived to be threatening her. It scared him terribly — occurring to him she may have lost her mind, devastating him he knew. He proceeded as though she was having a nightmare, as warned. He looked about the room, making certain they were alone when with a calm voice: ‘Alexis — it’s okay — you’re.