She was sobbing softly. I tried to soothe her. "Hey, sweetie. You're safe now." "I know. Thank you, Cathy but I know I have to leave the Last Wives Cl...b now. There's no way that I'm going back to him. Will you still be my friend?" "Claire, I will always be your friend but I'm also still your sponsor. You're in a different club now. I just learned about it. We had to take your blue card, but we have another one for you." "You mean I'm still a sister?" "Yes, if you want to be. If you're willing. Jacobs would check on Susan first thing the next morning. Caleb had cut stove wood the whole time Jake was gone, so he was too sweaty to inflict himself on other people. He heated up a pan of water and took as much of a bath as he could manage and then washed his clothes. He had one other set of clothes that he put on while the others were drying. He didn't want to stink too bad the next time he saw Susan.After supper, they played poker for a while, but all got tired of that after Caleb had. “Katelyn took a nice one of you in the car. You had your skirt under your head, your bra covering your eyes and your coat across your knees. Actually, it might have been Bob who took that one. I’ll ask them in a little while.”“Please tell me you’re joking,” Hailey said.“Nope,” Phil replied. “Don’t get mad at them. It was my idea. Katelyn sent me a text to tell me where you were. I was still hunting for you at that point. She said you were looking really cute so I told her to take a picture. I. ..and waited. Within seconds the door swung open and there he stood, I saw his smile - and tears filled my eyes.He reached forward and grabbed my hand pulling me close to him, wrapping his arms around me, he lowered his head and kissed me, long and hard; making my knees buckle.My skin was tingling as he kissed my neck, and then moved his mouth back over mine, his hands moving down my back. I pulled away and looked up at him.'Can I come in' I asked quietly.'Oh god, yes, sorry'. he replied,.