" The feed store? You mean Lancaster's? Lady, I hate to tell you, but as an ex-farmer, nothing grows since the plagues hit." That's where you're wrong... Doug. The plagues are pervasive, but they afflict the more common species. The things most farms raised aren't viable anymore and they contaminated the soil they were planted in. With so few people now, there's no need for industrial farming. We're expecting this coming winter to be severe. You'll do better setting up protected greenhouses to. Robert and I both think it is a will. If it is, I hope there is something in it for you. I’m apologizing again for asking you to leave. I’ve found out about various things that indicate how happy you made him while you were here.“We did have a lawyer contact us about some things. When he made an appointment to have us come in, we thought for sure he had the will to read, but it wasn’t. There were some letters and things like that that he turned over to us. These letters I sent you were stuck in. We turned slowly once, then again. My feet following as JC lead us around the floor.I could feel his fingers slip around the edges of the gown, dipping down low over my bare ass under the dress. Just his fingers. I wondered if Kevin was watching."I don't feel well. Can we get some air?"JC chuckled and we swayed off of the floor."I think, I think I should go to the ladies room. Which..." I looked right, then left then held onto JC's arm."This way." He said holding my hand firmly on his arm he. Back in the car I was drawn and drove deeper and deeper into the dead zone. The single bulb was a golden sunrise in the pale morning and I went to it, pulling the car into the kerb by the door. At first glance the cafe was as deserted as the streets had been, but it was steamy warm, and the golden bulbs were life. The man behind the counter looked as if he had stood there for ever, brown, wrinkled and liver-spotted, his face was a guarded welcome for someone else who couldn’t or didn’t sleep..