Her kid had written on a section of the dining room wall using a black permanent marker. The wall was painted white, and the marker kept showing throu...h the paint. It was a simple job of replacing half a wall of drywall and then painting the entire wall to match."Well, she is quite an artist," I pointed out. "Your daughter did a wonderful job."She laughed and replied, "Yes, we laughed about it later that night, but when I first saw it, I was not very happy."I wrote her out an estimate and told. "Yeah," she finally said. "I guess we're donehere, for today anyway. You can go home now."Gratefully, Chad put his shirt on, then grabbed his pants."Wait," Mel ordered. She grabbed his pants from him. Then she wentback to the kitchen and got another glass full of water. "One more forthe road," she said as she handed it to him."Oh God," Chad muttered. "I'm going to be up all night peeing."Mel giggled. "Good. That's the idea."When Chad had finally finished the water, he reached for his. The moment I do, Ethan kisses me, and I kiss him back, basking in that unknown emotion with him. * For our last day here, Ethan and I spend it alone. We hang out at the beach some more, the National Historic Site, and take a shit ton of pictures, never leaving each other's sides. After last night, our usual safe distance appears to have dissipated...and I like it. Ethan wouldn't let me go while we slept, and as we walk all over town, his hands are always at my waist or lower back. He even took. “I’d have to get them to Tyrsall, and we’re going in the opposite direction. It’ll be at least three weeks until I’m back there. Even if I head that way now, it’s a week away, and I’m not going to drag two dead bodies around for that long.”“I think you only need to take their heads,” Bobo said. “That’s how they do it in Matagor, anyway.”Corec shuddered. “I don’t think I’m going to do that, either. I don’t know why I thought I was cut out for this bounty hunting business.”“Maybe you were just.