CHAPTER EIGHTShe has the home-field advantage. Some magic she certainly possesses. Herbody is a huge distraction, one which she certainly knows how to...wieldbest. Experience, she retains the knowledge of its extent. Unknown towhat weapons she may be concealing, Jacob sums up his observations. Allhe possesses is a keen mind and the knowledge that she does not know theextent of what he has witnessed. He does intuitively know this is abattle of wills.Much like the give-and-take relationship he has. Instead of being stuck in the coal hopper hiding, or in the hoosegow, I was allowed to ride in the cab with them. They made me get out a mile outside of Hornell Yards, but it was still more comfortable.I found a big K-Mart and bought a bunch of supplies and then found the tree best suited for a hideout and climbed it. I would be waiting here for several days, but I was prepared for that. I climbed it for the last time the night before and fell asleep in the big old oak. I was used to living in. That’s not a marker…It’s the vibration…I can’t do anything about it…” I replied. The rolling rocks of the dirt road was basically making me dry hump her. She whispered back, “Colin, it’s really big and it’s uncomfortable to sit on like this. Maybe you should…Do something about it…Nobody’s watching…” she replied as I did my best impression of being disgusted. “No way, Katie! I’m not gonna do that here! You’re my baby sister!” I had said. She waited a second to respond, then said, “Look, I’m not. I was consumed with a raging thirst, so I came into the Eternity for my customary tipple. Carole was nowhere to be found. I thought it might be her day off, or perhaps she had a cold. I finished my first round and headed for the john. There sitting at a table near the washrooms was Carole. She was leaning on the table, holding her head in her hands. She was crying."Sweety, what's happened?" That cunt of a roommate of mine! She's throwing me out!"I'd never heard Carole use the C-word before. I.