Other than the battering ram, nothing very dramatic for such horrific crimes.In a cinematic way it would have been nice to have a more glorious denoue...ent. Even the lethal injection, when all the appeals have run out, will be a quiet finish to a tragic chapter.We wish for the poetic and live with the prosaic.If someone had cuffed Jin to that cinderblock building and handed me my shotgun ... no, I wouldn’t have. Not that he and Mildred didn’t deserve it. They did, and more.It’s just that I’m no. Surely everyone felt nervous when they left home for the first time. Sure he was worried, but not half as bad as he had been when he had brought Erasmus home for the first time to meet his parents.They'd spent a lazy afternoon lying on the sofa in the summer sunlight, Erasmus reading. Kris just lay and watched him. His Lion had been so splendid, the curve of his shoulder, the little lines around his eyes as he smiled unconsciously. That tiny frown that Kris had longed to kiss away. He'd nestled. Eventually. After the first litter of puppies has grown, performed, been evaluated.One problem of course is that puppies, all breeds, can be so adorable. Will Pilar and Walker be able to part with them? Well, Vanessa and I will find out. Once Hobo turns two, and if he still isn’t suffering from hip dysplasia, Pilar will put him out to stud.She said, “I may stand Walker at stud too.”No blush, a good sign.In Hobo’s world, the potential mother’s trainer is eager for Lady Brave to have Hobo’s. Dad raised his hand as if to hit me again, “I can’t hear your empty head rattle! Speak!” “No sir,” I managed to squeak out, my eyes locked on the cans on the carpet. I was too embarrassed to even look at Paul; I figured he must be very angry with me for ruining his after-work time like Dad was, was all I could think, and I wanted Paul to be happy with me. Dad made me apologize and go get two more cans, and I was much more careful after that. Most of the time, after he and Paul had had a.