"Really, Gronnus, you forget to do that every time. Sometimes I think you do that on purpose to intimidate me."Gronnus just snorted. He did not think ...t took much to intimidate Berin. That was one of the reasons why Gronnus had partnered with him in the first place. If having a little sun in his eyes also worked, well, so be it."Roquan has already taken Amanda to another Overlord," said Gronnus. "It was a little while before Roquan emerged. You can bet he just made an offer. Top it." I will top. "so where are we heading anyway?" "to the west wales coast, I told you." Jessie raised one of her eyebrows. "did you? must've been distracted." her dad chuckled, and patted Jessie on the back. "always got your headphones with you, that's the problem" he chuckled. Jessie smiled, and looked around. "hey dad, would you have any issues if your daughter liked being nude?" her dad looked at her, eyes wide. "you what?" he spluttered. "only in my room, not out in public." "ah, ok" he replied, looking. Nor did it truly surprise him when he sat on the couch, only to find it was simply a piece of fabric stretched over a wooden base, it wasn’t as cold as standing on the floor, but it wasn’t comfortable by a long shot. He’d just pulled his feet off of the cold floor when a soft voice from the other side of the room grabbed his attention, and made him jump in surprise. ‘You must be the new guy.’ The voice came from a beautiful brunette woman standing in the doorway that led out of the living room.. Smug. Damnit ... she was right. Fuel ... first chance. I was hoping to get farther west ... before I got a wild hair. That hair was Carole at Visa and the hired driver. What was his name?I rumbled through my past... Charles.Yes ... Charles.Remembering Charles is like remembering that Gary Cooper was the Sheriff in the movie “High Noon.” Just a little digression there.And sure enough ... Tyche was right. Before I knew it ... the wind shifted and we had to lower the main and roll up the jib start.