I guess all those that called me a bastard later on were right." Clint laughed so hard he started coughing. After several seconds he caught his breath...and continued."Jolly Rollins was a drifter who stopped at the ranch to water his horses on his way south. Never did find out where he was headed or where he came from. It didn't make much difference because once he met my Ma he never left. Did find out his given name was Jerrod but he hated to be called that. He and my Ma raised me; Jolly treated. Shields couldn't stop it. To bad he couldn't test field that part. Had to keep his experiments quiet. Don't want the battleship to come down and give him a new hole.Nopath stood up and dusted his hands together. Now Hemsut was really formidable. Too bad Hemsut had to be put into a sleep cycle for now. He touched a button and the gun retracted into the belly of the ship. Now if only it would work.His grin grew wider at the thought of what this meant to him. It meant everything. Hemsut was his. Boss"Alice did a deep scan of the boss and found that this attack was only one act in a large scale campaign to set up a "protection" scheme. Several businesses had been hit already, and many more were scheduled to be targeted within the next month. The organization of the hits was dispersed among several criminal gangs in an effort to keep the police from being able to backtrack if a gang member was arrested and talked. This meant that Hal would have to follow several trails before he could. ’ Then pronto, like that, mutually we seem comfortable with the new arrangement, and once more we’re back to enjoying our time together. In one form or another, we’ve both participated in opening up, taking risks, and sharing discretely. Thus between us, the emotional balance has been made right again since each of us has traded, by respective means, a few of our closely guarded cravings. Nonetheless, even though your decadent thoughts are folded up and discreetly concealed in my garment,.