I chased after him but he was already out in the living room, about a mile away, when I turned the corner of the hall into the main living area."Hey,"...I shouted. The echo was incredible.Kit and Frank were moving furniture through the front door; a couch it looked like to me but only Kit was in the door. Frank was on the other side, struggling to get whatever it was turned in such a fashion as to get it in the door."Turn it this way ... No ... OK now wait ... WAIT! What part of wait don't you. On those jobs we had to juggle the work load. Most of my landscape work could be handled in half a day, which left me the second half to work on the farm. I was busy as hell during the summer’s growing season, which was to be expected.Since I was growing only one small crop of weed in the field, all of it was drying in the chicken house/barn by the end of October. June and I had been careful about Michael for over a year. We watched him and even baited him now and then. I also ran a slow con on. ‘He made himself right at home didn’t he?’ ‘Yep. You would think he belonged here. Does he come here often?’ ‘Every chance he gets.’ ‘Well, he is perfectly welcome for as long as I am here. I enjoy the company.’ Daniel gave me an odd look but said nothing and simply nodded when I asked him if he would like a glass of wine. I poured two glasses this time and when I returned, I found Daniel on the couch next to Captain, stroking his fur and whispering something into the dog’s ear. I never asked. Still, I was concerned that he might use his money and no doubt considerable political influence to try and override my actions if he did he wouldn’t much appreciate my reaction. But then another year passed, and he either did not try or could not get in to see me against my wishes. I breathed a sigh of relief.“So, he has taken us of his approved visitor list,” he said.“Yes, we are definitely persona non grata,” she said.“He is making a statement, I guess,” he said. “Wants you, us, to know how.