Jay stopped just inside the door and took a deep cleansing breath before he approached his father’s bedside. As he moved closer, his father must’v... heard him because he opened his eyes and looked straight toward him. Jay watched his father’s eyes widen with fear as he got closer. ‘What the hell did you think you were doing, old man? Didn’t I warn you that if anything happened to Mom that was not of natural causes that I’d tear you apart with my bare hands?!! What part of that threat did you not. Louis. By the time I got to Jackie's place I was whipped. The two and half hour drive would give me time to come down off the high of the game and realize how tired I was. I wasn't the best date that night.We tried to make up for it on Sunday, spending the whole day and most of the night together. I would leave for school on Monday morning getting there in time for my first class at 9:00. A few times Jackie would take the bus to Columbia and spend the weekend with me, but she was working to. She walked out of his life at that time and never looked back. She abandoned both her children and her husband for a high roller.They guessed that he had never gotten over her.Brandy started doing her dance routines. Four times a night, five if it was very busy. She was the star, it was her job to bring in the customers and keep them in their seats. For that she was being paid $10,000 a month.She had a two month contract with the possibility of a two month extension.She wanted the extra two. Anything he could easily carry, the King allowed his to leave with. Tarquinne was allowed only but a few horses and men, no arms to speak of, other than hunting bows and short swords. He strained to catch one last glimpse of Tarquinne, but could not pick him out. None in the party cast even a backward glance, instead turning their faces toward the darkening horizon. The King watched them until they were well out of sight, vainly struggling to make out the small knot of wagons and horses that.