End dat yewdidn?t see... one white dick in duh bunch??...?No... no, Sir... I... I don?t think so... I... I can?t be sure... butI... I don?t remember s...eing any white dicks... at all?...?So, yew bee blamin? jest duh bruthas... fo? turnin? yew out? ?yewsayin? it wuz are fawlt yew wuz raped??... as you hastily respond.?No... no, Sir... I... I mean... it?s... it?s not Your fault... itwasn?t Anybody?s fault... I mean... it must have been my own fault...perhaps it was something I said... or maybe.... "But I just don't want to take the time to bother with them."Jewel's stomach lurched. A fight was one thing, but this... "Neal, you... you aren't going to..." Kill them? What else can we do?" He scowled, his hand reaching for his belt knife."Hey! You can't..." Jorrus protested weakly, his face an unhealthy greenish gray. Dreen stopped groaning, but Arrach only stared, slackjawed."Why not? You would have killed us." Naw, we was just gonna take what we wanted of your stuff, then we'd of turned ya. ”“You’re not ready.”Frustrated, I said, “Enough with the not ready, honey. Tell me why!”She smiled softly, reached out and caressed my jaw. “When you can go into Addison’s room, then you’ll be ready.”As much as it hurt to hear it, the truth hurt even more. Kimber was right. I’d avoided Addison’s bedroom, forever closed, my way of avoiding painful memories, shut away in a corner of my mind.I was happy, yet the ghost of her hovered. While Kimber slept, I wrestled with fear. Opening her bedroom. .. and a BOOK ... for boredom on the drive.“You’re going to miss some great scenery,” Jim said.“We’ve been taking this route for two years, I won’t miss it,” I replied.“It’s always different,” He said.“I’ll check it out between chapters.”“Western part of the state is on fire,” Jim said.“We’re not going west,” I said.“Yer a bit contrary,” Jim said.“I miss her,” I said.“Marry the girl,” Jim chuckled.The crack was still there.Along the hike, for the first kilometer, there was plenty of evidence.