But the cost of being greedy is rising too high and neither the public nor the politicians want to admit to those costs. It's the jackasses being led ...y the jackals. The jackasses are useless with complex, long-term problems and the jackals simply deny such problems exist while they continue to scavenge after their own interests. Even only a few decades ago the costs weren't high enough to matter. Even if the nation had ceased to exist - as countless nations have, quite a few of them in just. With her came the sweet scent of body spray and suntan lotion.“Hi, daddy.”She set her backpack down and headed for the kitchen. His smoking fetish was instantly aroused. A few days earlier, Piper expressed a strong interest in smoking. Out of the blue, at the checkout line in the grocery store, she said, “Daddy, I love you, but I love cigarettes too.” Caught completely off guard, and thinking it an odd statement, he couldn’t find the words to immediately reply. But, his cock reacted. ‘We’ll be going home soon hon, you just need to rest and take care of you and our daughter.’ * * * It was still a couple days before the doctors pronounced her fit to go home, and when she left, she was glad to see that it was just her and Harley she had to deal with. Her folks had called, and Waylon and Noreen had brought the girls to the hospital to see her, but most of the folks from Crossroads had simply called or sent flowers. Even the hospital florist had said she had never gotten so many. He thought back to last evening, when after dinner he had been confronted by his mother and his Great Aunt, chiding him for having yet to find a suitable wife. ‘My darling,’ his mother had said, looking stricken, ‘it is time for you to marry. It is time for you to produce an heir!’ Gerard was irritated by this. He was a grown man, was he not? Shouldn’t it be up to him to decide when he was ready to take a wife? He was only twenty-seven. As far as he was concerned he had plenty of time. ‘Wool!.