" He put my bags on the porch."Thank you, Charles. I've enjoyed your company also. Goodnight." I waved as they left, then I carried my bags into the h...use. My sisters greeted me at the door and wanted to hear all about my trip. Judy heated up a plate of food for me as I went to see Mother and tell her that everything had gone fine. When I returned to the kitchen to eat, I told them that Mother and Auntie wanted to hear about my trip also, so after eating and cleaning up, we would go to Mother's. Alex told her he’d do what he could as he finished dressing. Kelly didn’t mention how her husband was dealing with everything so Alex didn’t press.As the group entered the cafe, Alex saw that Shanna, Lekesia and Noel were waiting for them. He also noted, as an aside, that there didn’t seem to be many Watchers here. He thought that odd, given the number of Watchers in the city and how long they’d been coming here, but he assumed everyone had decided to give Alex some leeway.As they sat down,. ’ She almost added that she had been showing Bull the view from the well known spot, but decided from the way her dad was acting, he might take that the wrong way, considering why Bender’s Peak was so well known. It had a good view of the surrounding area, but anyone who went up there at night was not looking for the stars or the lights from town. It also was one of the few areas around that didn’t have cell phone coverage. Looking from him to her brothers, she shook her head. ‘Oh just get that. He turned back to me and said I hope you dont mind but we smoke. I said no not at all. Guy took the ciders to the kitchen as I sat down in the living room on the couch. He came back with an opened drink and gave to me and sat down right next to me on the couch. I could hear other people talking then 3 guys walked in from the kitchen area arguing who is the nastiest pornstar either Ava Devine or Belladonna. Guy introduced me as Tim someone he had been texting lately. Jeff was a stocky guy.