Her hand went to my thigh as she said, ‘Thanks for dropping everything and coming out Neal.’ ‘You’re very welcome. So what wonderful things ha...e you come up with?’ ‘You are such a sweet liar. Wonderful things I came up with? That’s a nice way to say this crazy woman is out of touch, and I love you for your sensitivity. Now before I make you uncomfortable, let’s talk about how you see construction going.’ ‘You’ll continue to have use of most of the great room until near the end, but there will. As I held the truck door for Cindy to get into the pickup I looked to see that her husband wasn't standing by his car but sitting on the porch watching us. As I walked around the pickup to the drivers side the guy got up and walked out by his car.Getting in behind the wheele of the truck, "Is there anything you need to get from the house to take with us?" I'll just do with what I have here in this bag. I do not want to stop and have to deal with him at all right now or ever as far as that. Nancy drove him to his broken down car wherehe recovered the rest of his stuff.As the weeks went by Alex pretty much never left the house. Nancy alwayshad some excuse about why she couldn't drive him any place even if itwas to apply for a job. Alex would occasionally ask to borrow money butNancy always said she was short of funds. Alex would have stolen fromher, like he had done with others that had taken him in, but could neverfigure out where she kept her purse. He suspected that she kept it. ”“This will hurt morale.” John mused, staring at the wall behind his chair.“Yes, it already has.” Cacy said. “There were none from his village on our crew, and when we passed the camps of those who are, the men taunted and cursed them. If Sygraid hadn’t been there to threaten the workers when they wouldn’t cease, and to keep us from being attacked, I’m sure we’d already have several dead.”John wandered away, still studying the stone he’d sat with his back to for days.“Lord Jyon?” Sygraid asked,.