Three tracks had become one track. A decision was reached. They would run down the single person instead of traveling back to the road. They had no gu...rantee that they would find the other tracks. When they came to the game trail, they began to run. The lone traveler would rejoin the other two or he would be made to tell where the woman had been taken.At the same time, Ree'al was taking a short nap before continuing. He had eaten dried meat and cheese. He had no water, but in this land water. The big fellow had just gotten delivery of his whiskey, but hadn't taken a swallow yet. I timed my approach so that I would bump his elbow just as he tipped the glass ta his mouth. My timein' was perfect, an' the whiskey sloshed down his front instead of inta his mouth.That really pissed him off, but I pretended ta apologize an' offered ta buy him another drink ta make up fer the one he had spilled. Well, that seemed ta be all that was needed ta trigger his mean bullyin' instincts. He punched. ’ I couldn’t help but smile again, this girl was exactly like Nathan, a shy, smart, strawberry blonde book worm. ‘Of course sweetie, let’s get going.’ I took the child’s hand and took a quick look at her stunning father one more time. ‘I’ll meet you here after school, right Nathan?’ ‘I look forward to it.’ He said giving me that look once more, how I stayed standing I’ll never know. He knelt down and wrapped Allie in a hug, while innocent I was a little jealous of her. I wished he would. Well...it also made me realize that, well, uh, I've never completely gotten over it. There's always been this tiny part of me that...wanted you...and well, this realization, well..." You think it came back strong?" Yeah. I know, this really isn't something you wanted to deal with, and I realize this fucks up our relationship, but...I had to tell you." My voice wavered a bit at the end there. I was sure she could tell how much this was fucking with me.My sister was silent for a moment, and.