I let myself in and she came over and wrapped herself around me. “I’m so sorry, Grim.”I saw the kids in the living room, so she must have gone o...er to their schools to bring them home. Talk about a mixed blessing; you got out of school because somebody died. They both looked serious, and I could see Riley had been crying. They were unusual in that they knew their great-grandparents and saw them frequently. Riley had been alive when my mother’s parents had been alive, but they both died when she. There was little else to grab in such a rush.“Aye, that they are, the rotten bastards,” the Hound acknowledged as he tore off a bit of badly overcooked chicken himself.Thankfully, there was some mulled wine to make it more tolerable, though they were rapidly running low on that supply as well. Seven Hells, few things were more civilized than mulled wine, and what a blessed warmth it gave one on an accursed, frostbitten Winter’s morn! As for Ragnar Slait, he had to take a very quick piss, and. I already had Kimmy to try to explain to Jessica, and that was going to be difficult enough. I also had the issue of Becky which I hadn’t discussed with Kara, and I wasn’t even sure how to broach. On the plus side, I wasn’t planning to go to Ohio any time soon, so I wouldn’t have to deal with Becky. At least for the time being, anyway. Eventually I would have to, but hopefully by then she’d have kept her side of the bargain and started dating.That got me to thinking about my conversation with. A few Crews had either broken or cut these into and it can cause a lot of arcing and fires.One of the other Tramps hired was from the U. P. (Upper Peninsula, Michigan). When it started getting hot weather, he just couldn't stand it. He said he had to go back home as he missed the trees and clean, cool air. (Sound familiar?) He had bought a house and moved his family there. In just a few months later he sold that house at a loss and left town. Another tramp was from Alaska and he didn't stay.