From those, she could scry to find out the girl’s whereabouts at any time, but the girl always seemed to be in a safe location or have someone with ...er.Recently the old woman’s energy drain had increased, if anything, and she’d been forced to venture further down the mountain to find another short-term energy source. One of the farmers had a field full of pregnant ewes. The old woman knew it was dangerous, especially after using the rabbits and birds outside her lair, but she was. " Cade said."I know," Lonnie looked down. "He told me your stepfather wouldn't allow you to visit, and it damn near broke his heart." He told you that?" Cade was surprised."Yeah," Lonnie nodded, "I guess Walt sort of looked at me as a substitute grandson," Lonnie chuckled. "Plus he did me a huge favor when I was looking for work; he took me under his wing and taught me how to be a plumber, and now I've got more business than I know what to do with."Cade stared at Lonnie, "What else did you have. My plan is starting to fall apart. You’re trying to take control, not yet, not this early into the night. With my hand in yours you lead me toward the men’s room. You push the door open and quickly glance around, the men’s room is empty. Pulling me by the hand into the men’s room you hurriedly head to the wall of stalls. The stalls are walled floor to ceiling but have a door that has an opening at the top and bottom. The stalls are much more private than the typical metal dividers. You hurry. ’ We walked in, arm in arm. I felt so happy knowing that he was looking at me with desire. His eyes had always gave way to his inner thoughts to me. At least I always thought so. I felt like a Queen as he led me to our table. ‘So, we’ll order and then talk. Sound okay to you?’ ‘John, I want to say something. It’s important. Well, to me anyway.’ ‘Okay then. Go ahead.’ He was looking at his menu, and holding it so I couldn’t see his eyes at all. This gave me pause for thought. Was this a ploy or.