As he left the training hall he passed one of his personal retainers. "Make sure the boys are aware of the brigands in the area." The solider paused... nodded once, and then returned to this patrol. His brotherswere expendable at this point, and the less family member that survived, theless he had to share when the time came to claim leadership of the House. Hisonly worry was his sister. The tragic news was delivered two days later as the family ate their simplemeal together. The Seneschal. My buddy King called me up Saturday night and asked If my wife and I would like to hang out. He said he Wanted to grill and watch a basketball game and drink At his place. I knew that King had a thing for my wife Susan and This would be a good opportunity for him to flirt with Her and get a real good look at her all dressed up. I put on my favorite team jersey and Susan Looked amazing in the new dress that I had just bought Her. She had her hair done up real nice with her nice Makeup on. She. On one of these occasions as Rose and I were getting off the train in the evening I tried speaking with her and we walked to the parking lot together,as we approached I asked Rose if she wanted to sit in my car with me for a few minutes while she waited for her husband to arrive.We sat in the car casually speaking about nothing in particular, what town she and her husband lived in ,where her k**s went to school etc When in the middle of our conversation she says to me "Okay take it out" I said. We'd do that when we went to get horses for real.After feeding mama and talking nonsense to her for a while I headed for the kitchen. Someone had made me a pot of coffee and I took a seat to drink a cup or two while they were assembling breakfast. Taachachi sat with me but she seemed a little light on conversation this morning.Apparently the cooks liked making pancakes, because we had them again today. We didn't have the bear bacon though, we had something that looked like sausage patties but I.