It was perfect forlaying out soaking in the sun's rays while still inthe water. Richard and Travis made their way over tothe large boulder positionin... themselves on therelaxing stone lounge chair. The outcropping raisedtheir bodies enough so each could see the other'snakedness in detail.Each looked like Greek statues as the waterhighlighted their muscular definition as the sunshimmered over their skin. "This is the life. Noworries, no hassles, just the serenity of the woodsand the warmth of. "What does that mean?" It means I can be home before dark. You are keeping me back." I am not!" Valerie protested. "I am keeping up with you." For now, yes. Later you will be getting tired and I will have to stop to allow you to rest. I don't want to stop outside our city tonight. I would like to sleep in my own bed instead of out here." You live in a city?" Valerie was amazed. Everything that surrounded them was either lush or barren. No roads at all. No other people in sight except for those. The wind was blowin', an' it fanned a little fire inta a ragin' storm of flames. The story is that the fire blew across the prairie faster than a horse could run, an' the flames was 40 feet high. The fire burned all the way ta the Kiowa River, an' it stopped there 'cause the wind had died and the sparks weren't blown across ta the other side. Anyhow, that fire started right near here, an' that's how this here town got its name."I didn't know if that story was true or not, but I sure was. Now she can just spend her Daddy’s money on drugs and booze. Her name was Stephanie. Say, her last name was the same as yours, any relation.”I was simply astounded to find out the truth behind my own daughter. I knew that my wife was up to something. I was giving her a thousand dollars a month to cover Stephanie’s housing and food. Plus I was paying the tuition for a really good school in Philadelphia, not for the one that she is attending.No wonder my wife could afford to throw me out. Things.