. Bist du mirjetzt b?se?" Fragte er z?gerlich.?B?se?" Antwortete ich ebenfalls fragend. Dann schloss ich meine Augenund atmete tief durch. Ich konnte ...infach nicht glauben, was ich jetztsagen w?rde. ?Nur, wenn du nicht sofort her kommst und mich richtigk?sst."Ich hatte ?berhaupt nicht nachgedacht, sondern einfach nur geantwortetwas mir gerade in den Sinn kam. Chris aber strahlte nun ?ber das ganzeGesicht und kam meiner Aufforderung nach. Vorsichtig ber?hrten seineLippen die meinen. Ich stand. "Sylvia knows every fucking secret in the whole world," Steve said."Amen to that," I agreed. I took a deep breath then continued to address Steve. "We have the houses all planted now, so we can run to Williamston to buy a truck for Hannah." Sounds like a fucking kid's novel, 'A Truck for Hannah'," Steve said."Yeah a Christmas story," I agreed."Today we need to run the mister, then we can go to Williamston for lunch. After lunch we can have a truck for desert. You do drive don't you." I drove. "You better get back." At least you came to the counter country club, I'm glad to see you still have a sense of who you are?" he said as he left the table.The counter country club was really a clubhouse for characters of all kind. It was in the basement of one of the downtown house condominiums. I personally loved it because it was across the street and down a half dozen doors. I could have several drinks and walk home. Several of us downtown professionals were regulars not just members.The. .."Also I talked to Rural Hill and they did not bring you here. It may have been an ambulance painted up to look like one of theirs, but no one was dispatched to bring you here. Next, I checked at each of the regional hospitals and emergency clinics within a hundred miles, and no one has had a John Doe or even anyone who fits your description. Then we come to the deputy who brought your stuff on the 5th. No known dispatch or handoff has been recorded in the ten counties around this one. So that.