As a matter of fact, it was coming from the direction of my house. There was no fire in my fireplace, so it couldn't be that... could it?Still, I caut...ously made my way towards my place, after re-gloving my left hand. I pulled my cap on over my head. I resettled the earflaps, leaving my ears clear so I could hear the smallest sounds and react to them. I had automatically pulled the cap down over them to keep warm, after exiting the cave.I heard a voice, and the lowing of a cow. Then I heard a. One of the girls, Dani, had brought a college-aged female friend and her twin sister had brought along a boyfriend.The Thanksgiving lunch was great and afterwards, everyone staked out positions in the living room or the kitchen area dinette or the dinning room or a study to chit chat and catch up with things on social media. Jim and Janet’s dad, along with myself, took up positions to watch a football game in the study.The one twin decided to go for a walk with her boyfriend, while Dani and her. He removed his palm from her mouth and he pushed her behind him. He pulled out his knife, which he never left home without when he went for a walk into the forest. The creature was taken by surprise as he ambushed it. His blade found its mark and he fell on top of the being struggling with it. The stench he smelled was overwhelming. He jumped to his feet, towering above the creature. The girl was kneeling at the tree, and she was terrified. She tried to make herself tiny, thus trying to. He’s weeping at the evil done in his name.””Silence followed. I was moved and felt sadness settle over me. To change the subject, I asked her, “How did a Muslim woman end up married to an army general? It seems odd.”“Dad was stationed in Beirut. He met Mom there. I guess love doesn’t recognize any social or religious barriers. They fell in love.”“Still, your father represented armed conflict. It sounds like that would be in direct opposition to what your mother believed.”Callie laughed. “Dad.