Then I asked her, why did she have a bag in the morning with her. Shey told me that she was about to tell me about that and said that she wanted to wa...h her clothes at our place as we had a good washing machine with a drier too. She said that these were her night clothes and some lingerie. I allowed her but asked her for a favour. She smiled at me cuz by now we could talk about a lot of things like friends so I told her that I will ask her for a favour anytime later and she cannot refuse me.. "We'll show you where to goafter lunch. For now, hop on."He then stepped into a golf cart driven by Jack. Amanda and I wereforced to sit on the back seat as he took off, drove to the end of thewalkway, turned the opposite way from the amphitheater, and through agate in a fence.On the other side was the concession area. Shops and tents were beingset up for the night's concert as we passed through the area and intothe seating on the other side. Jack continued to drive a short way untilwe reached. Jenny hadn't done anything but punish herself for weeks. She had neglected her health, her job and had basically hidden from life since the truth had come out.I might have been the biggest mess of all. My punishment of Jenny caused me guilt, hurt my relationship with her family, devastated my daughter and caused a rift between me and my closest friends. It had gotten better since I relented and let her see Dani again, but there was still awkwardness between me and the people who I had been. The cold that would have been occasionally welcome then was most certainly not welcome now. And for the moment there was as yet no shortage of food."We've found no way to get through the barrier," Chief Cave Lion announced regretfully to the anxious villagers around the evening fires. "There are no paths up the valley side that we can climb and no other valley within a half-day of here. We have only two choices. One is to winter here where we are. The other is to retreat back to the Wide River.