His father was willing to sell the wagon and the oxen for a low price just to get rid of them, so Eddy paid his price on the spot. He would send the b...ys out for the wagon and oxen tomorrow.Eddy ate lunch with his parents and brought them up to date with his doings. They were very happy for his success, so far, and wished him well. Eddy invited them to come visit at their first opportunity and returned home.He told his family that he had bought both the wagon and oxen—the price was too good to. “Um, they betrayed her trust. And, you know, staked her. Staked her! Ow!”Of all the people he expected to be understanding about this, Jessy was not one of them. Hell, Jessy was the first person he figured would throw fists over something like this.“I get that,” she said. “And hey, when Tash told me what happened, I thought for sure those two morons were done, relationship over. But I’ve seen them since it happened, you know? They’re miserable.”“Being locked up in a cell for a few nights,. “They’re wonderful,” Rob agreed. He reached out, gently brushing a strand of light brown hair from Alison’s face, so as to better admire her soft features. Alison lifted her hand, caught Rob’s fingers, and brought them gently to her cheek.“If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea…” whispered Alison.Rob completed the verse: “… even there, your right hand will hold me fast.”They looked into each other’s eyes, and nodded. And then Rob said: “Now… we need to. "It's OK, it's OK," I whispered as I cradled him, "I have had some terrible thoughts myself Trent......things I can't even tell you...things I can barely even admit to myself.." He raised his tear-stained face towards mine, "You don't have to mom," and then he kissed me again. This wasn't a child's kiss, not a mother-son kiss, and definitely not the peck of a stranger. This was a lover's kiss. Conrad's image flashed before my eyes, then my father's, but as both quickly faded, my.