Thunder crashed miles away in the distance and she shivered and wished she had a sweater.They walked past a few more vendors and couple rides that loo...ed a little shady. Even Harriet shook her head no.Towards the back end of the fair, they came across a tent with a sign out front that read, “Madame V: Fortunes Told Here”An eerie looking woman stood outside the tent shrouded in darkness. She wore a turban and her long black hair spilled out from underneath."How typical and cliché of her,” Lori. Various excuses were given, but the true reason was that they– or their spouse– wasn’t comfortable with the entertainment provided. One of the realities of the Elite Network was that just because something wasn’t spoken of openly, that didn’t mean that everyone didn’t already know. Not staying for the entertainment wasn’t held against the Elites who left early... as long as they kept silent and spoke to no one– especially the press– about the true nature of Apex’s yearly “World Conference,. Yeah, saved its parents a bunch of money,’ I noted. ‘There you go, that’s all we are to you, money,’ Hailee replied. ‘So far that’s the way it seems,’ I said just as it started raining. We got pretty well soaked loading up the car and by the time we pulled out of the camping area and headed toward town, the ditches were rushing with water. The dry creek bed where we had found the creature was now an active creek. We continued on toward town as the rain slowly subsided. When we pulled into town. Expect a requirement for counseling. I’ll object, but we’re probably better off just going with the flow.” Cindy and I had discussed this several times. I wanted to be there to support her, but she felt it was something she had to do on her own. We had finally compromised; I’d take a book and read it in the hallway or lobby. I’d been married before. I’d had to learn the value of compromise the hard way. We went to bed early, made love several times and several ways. Cindy was gently.