" I tried this morning," Erin shrugged. "And mid-morning. And just now. She usually does open-door hours at some point during the day, just not today,...apparently." Okay," Lily said, clearly a little frustrated. I'm so sorry to inconvenience you, Erin thought spitefully. She could use a little space herself. "Look, I've got class. After that, I'll check again. Hopefully I'll get ahold of her then." Sounds good," Lily said, turning back to the computer game she had been playing when Erin walked. What's wrong grandma?" Danny asked concerned."Danny, I really don't want to talk about it right now. You will find out eventually. Could you please give me a ride home?" Ava urged feeling tears pool in her eyes.Danny nodded. "Um ok ... c'mon Grandma." He offered Ava his arm and they walked out into the cold air.After digesting the wonderful news, Ginger, Alice and Alan finally spotted Dr. Webber who asked if everything was ok. They simply told him they were just happy to be taking Gary. I looked around--no soap?? What the hell was happening? Was I in bizarro world? And where were the hand towels? Fuck. Well, fine. I’ll just get some lube. It’ll be messy, but it’ll get the job done. I knew Amy kept some around, now to find it. I searched through every drawer in the bathroom. They were all empty. This was very weird. They’d been full that morning. Same with the cupboards under the sink, the medicine cabinet.I was starting to panic. All I could think about was Joe’s cock, his. The horses balked a bit, the mule seemed more like a cat. He ignored us and just kept going. Once we had cleared the obstacles of rocks and various pieces of dead trees and brush, we remounted and continued our journey. The area around the river was beautiful, no doubt because the area had been swept clear in the Spring floods. That made me stop to think about access to the area during the Spring.I wondered how wide and fast the river became. There were sizable trees in the debris field and.