" Pulling out his wallet, he pulled a fifty-dollar bill out and handed it to her. "Now go inside, and find a place to sit, I am going to park the car.... Daddy you don't need to give me money." A bet is a bet," he said as he climbed in.Pulling the door shut, he drove the car to the emergency room parking area while Cindy went inside to wait.Pulling his cell phone off his hip, Mike dialed home."Hello Mike, are you on the way home now?" June said over the phone."Hi love, no there's been a change of. It turned out that we hardly used Helen’s room at all. She would retire there when she needed to study or to write an essay or other work, otherwise we lived in my room. Which gave me an idea.Our two rooms were side by side, and the House being so old, our rooms had back to back fireplaces. And on the window side of each chimney breast was a built in set of bookshelves. At least they seemed to be built in.I had been idly looking through the plans for the House one afternoon shortly after I was. She was bugging me about letting her keep the box off but I didn't want the blanket to rub off the Aloe.I had a handful of Aloe I was going to put on her when there was a knock at the door. Les asked who it was and got back "It's me, Sam." Come on in, Sam." Just what I needed while applying lotion to my sister's bare butt.Sam came in the room, took a quick look at Les and closed the door. "Ooh! What's going on?" I don't think I can tell you. I already got in trouble for talking to you." Both of. Despite his snoring, David joined him.When he awoke, he saw through the widows of the carriage that dawn was approaching. Glancing at his steel hunter, the only thing he had of his father’s, he noted it was almost six am. He wound the clock as he continued to look outside, replacing it in his top pocket.The countryside was changing, becoming more rugged as the train climbed the foothills leading to the mountains.Mr. Cox woke, stretched, and began fastening the bat-winged collar he had removed.