I really like this and when we get too hot, we can take a dip to cool off.”“Love, we will have to talk about it. There is a lot of upkeep involved...in a pool. I don’t want to become a slave to one.”“Brad, we can hire a service to handle maintenance. It can’t be too bad.” I shrugged.Elena looked over. “Karen, you own a home?”“Yes, Elena. We bought it a few months ago. It’s close to our college though still outside of our little town. We like it and share space with our former roommates who. When fighting unarmed, unless your foe outweighs you by a very large margin, you take a few shots getting in close, then take them to the ground. If he tried that here, he was likely to lose his head, literally long before he could get close. Plus, the troll did outweigh him by that margin. It was another bit of leverage he didn’t have.When you’re smaller and shorter, you hope to be faster. The troll certainly didn’t seem slow. His spear struck like lightning. John leaned away, batting the. Stous had doubled back as soon as the rain had started and headed north. If a posse had managed to get together they would certainly be fooled. He was sure the couple would have told them he was headed south and he had left obvious signs to make sure they believed it. As soon as he had changed direction, he had done his best to stop leaving any trace and the rain had helped as it poured buckets throughout the night.He hadn’t been in the saloon for more than ten minutes before heading upstairs. ., well, Jamie, I'm not sure how to answer that for you little guy. Yes, I've played with myself before but I don't know if it's really wrong. I know it makes me feel good. Do you play with yourself a lot?”With his head slightly lowered Jamie answered, “Almost every night. Sometimes twice.”What could Jack say. “That's okay, Jamie. I don't think you're gonna go to hell in the near future for that.”“But, Jack, there's something else.”Curious, Jack asked, “What could that be?”Jamie blurted out, “I.