The animals were also having a difficult time finding enough to eat and drink among the bare rocks and sparse vegetation.Three more days of hard trave...ing brought them past the summit of the first mountain range, and once again they were in dense timber. The trees here had short, thick limbs on tall, slender trunks. Mike said that their spiky bluishgreen foliage reminded him of Earthly spruce trees, though they smelled more of cinnamon, but Chad was too concerned with keeping in sight of the. And I needed a place to stay while I looked for work. I was gonna explain all that to her except that detective wouldn't let me." Mr. Gardner, are you aware that getting drunk is a violation of your parole agreement?"He actually hung his head and looked devastated. "Yeah. I know that. And I'll take my licks for that. I know I got to be responsible for my actions. I learned that in jail." One of the men you 'bumped into', as you say it, is still in the hospital with a concussion!" yelped. "She leaned over to kiss him good night. Instead of her usual kiss on the cheek, this time she kissed him warmly on the lips. To his even greater surprise, Joan also leaned over and kissed him."Sleep well, squirt," she said, and the two of them left the room.Sam thought, with a little regret, of Jenny back at the hospital; but he quickly fell asleep even without her assistance.The next day his mother helped him back down to the couch and made him comfortable before she and Joan left. Sam felt. ‘How can you work for a guy like that?’ Sean asked Marcy. Marcy smiled politely, ‘If there’s nothing else, Doctor, then I will be going.’ ‘Oh come on,’ Sean pleaded, ‘you saw what he did to me in there! You know what’s happening! How can you be okay with this?’ Sean pleaded. ‘Doctor Mallory,’ Marcy said walking towards the exit of the opulent room, ‘I will see you at eight in the morning. Get some rest.’ She said as she closed the door behind her. Sean watched the beautiful assistant disappear.