Fred wanted to calm downbefore he saw his wife so they would not even talk about the ice creamincident. He knew the best way to get into a good mindse... was to dosomething special for Luke. He saw how hurt his son was about not gettingice cream. It worried him a little that his wife was blinded to Lukewants.If Fred knew the entire reason behind Luke's hurt feelings, Alice wouldnot have made it out of the door. There was no way for Fred to know abouthow Alice was putting Luke in a dress behind. "You know Shasta torSiso, you aren't just another pretty face." Nope," Sosho chimed in. "She's got nice boobs too." And a great ass," Clarise added.Being underground it was difficult to think of days passing, it seemed to be little more than time awake divided by sleep periods. The villagers kept an eye on what was going on from a safe distance. All native villagers had been withdrawn, even the old people like Agata and Jozsef. The village wasn't completely abandoned though. The Guild was still. The college sacked all of thelive-in maintenance staff and took on contractors. Quinn was the onlyone who stayed on as the contact manager and quality control officer." But you're right. He spends most of his time in the woods poachingand drinking. I've seen him plenty of times during my runs. I've askedhim to meet Wendy and I at the cottage tomorrow afternoon. I'll beenfemme Wendy will not," Charlotte stated."You've got a cheek." Wayne Jenkins looked annoyed."It's a simple business. I didn’t earn it, I didn’t even take a risk for it. You took the risk, and you did it before I even met you. This is yours, not mine.”I needed time to think, so I jumped back into the tunnel again.As I looked at the frozen scene before me, Sam was looking pretty resolved. I asked myself why I cared so much. I could easily roll this all back and just never talk to him in the first place. That was my original plan if he double-crossed me or turned out to be trouble. I could just call it a waste.