“Well, at what point do we just close up and hand it over to the straight Johns of this business?” I asked.“Do you have stock in one of the grow...rs?” he asked.“I looked both directions before I answered. Our shell company in the Caribbean has a new motto,” I informed him.“Well spill it,” he said.“This is actually sung by a sexy chick, but here goes. ‘No stems, no seed that you don’t need, Carolina Gold’s a bad ass weed’.” I sang in my not so sexy voice.Mike laughed. “How much did you buy?”“Shit. ”The kids begged off and stayed at the ranch. We piled into the Explorer and drove down to Laramie. Mom Mar sat up front with Pa and Mom Ash just kept hugging us in the back seat. Whatever was so urgent didn’t keep Pa from stopping at Safeway and telling us to wait. He was back out a few minutes later with a couple flowers and we turned down Harney Street to 15th. Pa pulled in at Green Hill Cemetery and parked.“Your Pa comes out here at least once a month,” Mom Ash whispered to us. “It must be. However, predicting changes or seeing the outcome, cheating, has only ever been used a few times so far. I was scared that if I saw alternatives, what happens if the outcome still meant death. It has not happened yet, but it still scares me to second-guess myself. Therefore, I just use my skill and let instinct guide me. Moreover, 20 minutes planning was very straining on me. Seeing an image was easy to control, I had even made it 3D of sorts in my head, and could change angles and points of. “Yeah, she is a looker, isn’t she,” the other man says.Lorena just ignores them and continues on, looking down the alley as she passes it.“You looking for something, darling?” Ray asks, picking up his pace to hurry and catch up with her.Lorena stops and spins around. “As a matter of fact I am, and I’d appreciate it if you just backed the fuck off.”Both men quickly stop, seeing the can of pepper spray she is holding in her hand. “Hey lady, we were just trying to help,” Ray says, waving his hands.