After her second intrusion – Carl could only control himself so much – we decided to call it an evening. Brian realized that it was dangerous to h...ve her appearing so often without warning. Although it was usually rare to see her even once on any given evening, Brian could always tell by the sounds of the house when she was approaching. He’d usually have plenty of time to give warning to anyone openly carrying anything illicit. With the band, though, he had no chance, so a few people were. The picture stayed. And Steven promised not to post any of the others.About two weeks from her reunion, Hayley was laying on the deck lounger, tanning. Her thoughts battled between the July heat and what the reunion might be like. She could have kicked herself for not thinking of it earlier! She got up and went inside, went to the basement and entered "the land of things kept but never used." She moved a few boxes, looked through several others, and then found them...her yearbooks! She poured a. The events that followed should have put anyone off this life style for, well ... life. Seeds didn't germinate, and when they did a herd of steers broke into the garden and trampled everything. When that didn't happen drought reduced the water level in the well so that there was no water. Rats seemed to have free access through the floor spaces into all areas of the house. They'd probably been doing that for a thousand years or more so why stop just because we moved in? And by golly they do. Gunny also said if you stop to think you get your fool head shot off. Full of contradictions Gunny was, but nobody in boot camp was dumb enough to point it out to him. Junior figured he'd done enough thinking and headed up the steep drive to the Whitman place. Pulling up in front of the house he saw Sarah's father coming from the barn. Seeing Junior the man turned and started toward his truck. Junior hopped down and held up his hand asking the older man to stop where he was."Any of you or your.