I walked up behind her and took her in my arms. "Ohhi honey," she chirped as I nuzzled her neck and began to nibble on herear. "Hey pack that in," she...said as she pushed me away with her shapelyass. "At least until after dinner." She smiled a wicked smile over hershoulder as I walked to the fridge and poured us each a glass of wine.Dinner was always amazing and as she cleaned up I moved to the front roomand flicked on the TV. Emma shimmied into the front room and sat on thecouch beside me and. I went back to my RV in style and quickly.It was June but cool even in the early afternoon with a bright sun. I sat outside with my map to make a tourist route. I did want to see the Ocean from this far north. I also wanted to go to the northernmost point just to have done it. Since I had this nice set of wheels, I would take day tours for a while. After thinking things over, I decided to pack a small suitcase for overnight just to be prepared and, after looking at distances to Nova Scotia and. ..I don't know, tell her anything. Just get her tocome in a little later than usual. Until I can get this cleaned up." We'll have to call the police in any event." No," Walt said instinctively. "I don't want this to get out. I'll handleit."Grace caught the tone in Walt's voice. She laid her hand gently on histattooed forearm and took it away against instinctively. It was electricwith a bad energy."No Walt. That's not the way. Leave it to the police. It's their job." I don't want her to know a. Not Bill. S’in Destinashun Pure-ty, ‘n famly, but he’s not one’a us.’ Time seemed to stop in Jahn’s head for a moment, and he recalled something Fiona had once said about Margrave. He used to run off kids that gave Jen a hard time. Not Fiona, just Jen. Donovan’s daughter was the only one Joseph Margrave had been watching out for, because he didn’t really _owe_ Donovan anything like an extended understanding of the idea that hurting Jen’s half-sister might hurt her as badly in an emotional way.