”So off to the hotel they all went, talking as they walked a couple of blocks to get there. When they arrived, they rode up in a glass elevator on t...e side of the building with a great view of downtown. After they exited the elevator, they were even more impressed by the view from the rooftop bar. The fire pit added a nice touch. As a new hot spot downtown, the bar attracted plenty of attractive people wanting to see and be seen. Although that wasn’t Jack and Steph’s scene, it was fun for a. "They're part of a construction crew that installed Carla's silos. We got to know them while we were helping with Carla's harvest before you came to live with us. They're good people." I noticed that the women seemed to defer to the guy last night while they were talking to you at the haunted house. Unless I'm badly mistaken, they're deeply in love with him." I sense a 'but' in there somewhere." Not a 'but', maybe just an 'and, '" she laughed."And..." Jeff said, waiting."Oh, nothing. It's just. ‘Ty, sorry about the horror movie impression the other morning. Needless to say I’m not a morning person.’ I wondered if she’d thought about that line ahead of time, because I’d certainly given my response some thought over the last few days. ‘No worries, I’m well aware of how I look in the morning. Most girls run away rather than walk, so you did all right in my book.’ That got a smile so I decided to press my luck and asked if I could sit down. She just nodded. ‘So how have you been this. ’ I introduced Pete and outlined to Sammy what had happened on that day in Dallas, what we were doing and why. His answer was ‘how can I help, you know I thought the world of you and Lorelei. And my wife has asked what happened to the two of you. You remember Virginia, I was with her then and when we graduated we got married. Now we have three kids, and she is the enforcer. I might be tempted to let things get wild once in a while but she can walk in here at any time day or night, and things.