“Hello, Dylan.”I looked up at Carter, who was sitting down on the couch beside me. He looked amazing but at the same time, something was off about...him. I looked a little harder and realized his eyes were red. Had Carter been crying?“Everything okay, man?” I asked, sitting myself up, wanting to be supportive.“Oh, yes,” Carter avoided making eye contact with me. “I will be fine, Dylan.”“You sure?” I reached out and placed my hand on Carter’s thigh. “You can talk to me if you like.”“I do not wish. The wife and children are likely not part of this. La Contessa may want to talk to them personally.”“So, things are looking better for her?”“Her condition has been downgraded to Serious, and she is being moved to a regular recovery room. Some old friends have come to sit by her side; I think they may be helping.”“Ah,” Luc exclaimed. “A woman who has everything, including real friends? Rare as Monsieur Morgan’s dream. But something went wrong with his dream. After buying a farm and settling. The Fleet put out to sea without orders. Why are they all doing this now?’ He turned toward Rebecca, pointing at her and wagging his finger: ‘You have something to do with this!’ ‘Yes, Larry. That I can admit to. But I’ve done very little, all I’ve done is feed a fire already burning. As history teaches us, uprisings like this can burst any given time, and snowball quickly once the momentum gets started.’ ‘I don’t know about that, I was never good at history. But you are going to be like. Still, this weekend had not been free and I was determined to enjoy it fully. A few minutes later, I was up and about. I searched the cottage, but it was empty. Assuming my friends were already up and about, I headed down to the lake. I expected to find all four of them enjoying the refreshing water, but only one of them was present. And swimming was clearly the farthest thing from her mind. Wow! I softly gasped as I spotted her lying on the dock. She was sunbathing. Topless. I stopped,.