I leaped toward Lou and the gun but I missed and Lou hit me in the back of the head with the pistol butt and I fell, pretending to be unconscious."Any...more heroics like that and the survivors will be planning funerals, if you all survive"Nicky asked where the cash and jewelry was and Trent easily gave in and directed Nicky to the upstairs master bedroom. When he came back down with his pockets stuffed and carrying some socks. He then placed a rolled up sock into each person's mouth."okay folks,. But... Before this goes any further I...I need you to meet my kids. Jeremy and Poppy. They are the world to me and...listen I'm sorry, but if they don't like you I need to nip this off in the bud. I don't want my heart broken, or yours. Before I get...before we go further they need to meet you and give me their okay. It's not fair to you I realize but, it is what it is. I can't be with someone they don't approve of.” She looks up at you with her deep blue eyes. “Do you understand?”You nod. It. She found clothes for her here, too. Desi pulled on a pair of loose silk shorts and an open-sided silk top. She had on clothes, but nothing was hidden from view if you looked from the right angle.Slowly the five women came into the den where I was putting out the food we found waiting in the counter. Three different types of wines, four brands of beer, and my ciders were also waiting for us. The wine was already chilled with the cork pushed into the top enough to seal the bottle.“Now, tell us. A problem that doesn’t have to be a problem, and I won’t let it be, but is still a little uncomfortable for me.One of the things Hugo does to keep in shape is run. And I mean he runs. I tried to go with him one day, I do some jogging of my own, but within only a few hundred yards I was so out of breath that I just collapsed and told him to keep going, that I’d walk back. Instead, almost without breaking stride, he bent down, picked me up effortlessly and kept going, still running!Anyhow, he’s.