We lost our mother at a very small age and lived with our dad and step-mom Neha to whom our dad married to. Neha was 28, about 20 years younger to my ...ad when they got married. She had a very good figure and was beautiful and used to workout everyday to maintain her figure even after marriage. We all loved and respected her and shared a very close bonding in the family. She was more that an elder sister to us than our mother. As the years past we boys grew up but our step-mom was still looking. Jack transported them back to the Rogues' camp for a little R&R.While he was at the Rogues' camp, Jack talked to Akara about the strange monoliths. She called them the Cairn Stones. They were the gateway to a little town taken over by the demons and monsters. A certain wise man, Dekard Cain, had lived there, and he could be a key character in driving the demons and monsters back to where they belonged if he still lived. She asked Jack to try to rescue Cain.To do so, they were going to have to. I started with four friends I knew for years. They were well-known and liked in the community. Bill, Dale, and Berry did the actual painting. The sister of another friend, Di, did all the washing and prep work. She had just graduated high school and was heading to college that fall and begged me to take her on. I did!I was lucky to have gotten a native speaker for my French professor. After the first class session, I explained that I was retaking the semester and had to get a passing grade or. Drink only a little water to sustain yourself. Go to your room. Meditate. Calm yourself. Ask for self-assurance and certitude that you walk a sure path. Continue fasting tomorrow. Come mid-day and meet me at the cabin. Come alone, on foot.”Pungent, billowing clouds of steam boiled between himself and his mentor. Brief glints of light reflected from the sweat beads rolling down Mike’s bare chest. Graydon sat erect, his head thrown back, his eyes closed. He inhaled the hot, moist air through.