I thought for a minute then asked, "Have you guys managed to find any clay?"Tess looked at me like I was crazy. "I told you a couple of days ago that ...e had. Don't you listen to anything I say, brother of mine?" Tess, I've been so tired I don't think I've heard anything that was said to me in the last week." Well, we found a good supply of it. It's in the main creek at the north end of the valley, so it's quite a haul. Would you like for us to start bringing some of it down?" Yeah, that would. So far, all he had been was a soldier who took orders. This would be his first time as the ruler of everything he surveyed... that is, when he got to his new home!It was a ten day ride by horseback. The small group finally arrived at Roland's new home. The morning had given way to early afternoon, the day they came into sight of the castle. Roland was stunned at the size of the castle! It was huge, and they still had a goodly ride to get there.As he got closer, more detail was revealed and. I had totally thrown him off his game. Tim went to hit the speakerphone button and return the handset to its cradle. I stopped him and shook my head as I put his hand back between my legs. I did not want to be distracted by Terry.Tim was starting to recover and talk coherently again, “Yes, Baby, I love touching you down there. Do you want me to rub it for you and run my hand through your soft bush?”I grabbed his wrist and moved his hand up and down to let him know that was exactly what I wanted. I remained in my room my stomach hurting with the dread ofhis appearance.With dad gone and just mom and me, life was a lot easier. Sure, shecould get mad and yell, but she wasn't scary. I knew she would neverhurt me. Over and over I would think why couldn't Dad be this way? Whycouldn't he be relaxed and leave me alone.Of course, we talked about it, Mom and me. She assured me over and overthat he loved me and was only hard on me because life was hard, and hewanted me prepared to face it. That.