My company bought out a smaller business and I was sent in to dismiss some middle management.Needless to say I was in a terrible mood.My wife April kn...ws about these trips and what they do to me and so does her family. Quick word about my in-laws. If you put all their brains together, you still couldn’t get a high school diploma worth’s of intelligence out of them. All except for April. She’s the whole package, pretty and smart. That is until she gets with her family. The fucking idiots have no. "In the month that followed their visit to Chuck's grave the anger sessions of regret grew more numerous. The rage was still there. But it didn't always weigh as heavily in the forefront of Ray's mind. He wasn't sure when it happened. He didn't have a clue which meeting with Mike convinced Dana to do it. But she started to hold him for the entire 20 minutes. She would sit next to him, and wrap her arms around him, and sometimes lay her head on his shoulder.It took a little getting use to in the. The stagecoach roared passed us a few minutes later, an' they never knew what they had missed. I guess that wuz a fine example of "ignorance is bliss."I sent John an' George back ta keep an eye on the cabin. Jim wanted ta go with 'em, so I told him ta go ahead. Meanwhile, I headed back ta Eagle Pass ta let Hester know what wuz goin' on. After that, I went ta the ranch ta see Ann. We still had time fer the swimmin' hole ifen we hurried.My guess that the three bandits would return ta their cabin. I looked her straight in the eyes and said, "I promised you I wouldn't, and I am not going to break my word."Without another word, I pulled back onto the highway and sped up to where I was going as fast as I dared with the trailer. I was angry because it had hurt, and I didn't slow down for at least a good twenty minutes."I'm sorry," Holly said once I had relaxed a little. "All this... Shit, Tim. It scares me, that's all. I don't want to be anyone's plaything." And you won't be. I.