I did not care how much she rambled. “We have come to depend on your meat. Of course, we fish in the river and we garden but that is not enough. Han...ah is Hannah. She has loneliness and heartache that has grown since Wilber’s death. We have told you before we will die before willingly leave this homestead. Yet, there are things that would brighten our world again. You can help with one of those precious wish list items. Hannah has even proclaimed that since you’re able, and the only white man. "Hey babe, could you bring that bottle over here and top me off?" presenting my empty glass. She paused for a moment and shot me look of exaggerated annoyance, rolling her eyes before reluctantly rising in placation. She grabbed the bottle and sauntered towards me, making a point of averting her gaze from any taboo images the water might hold. Cautiously approaching the edge of the spa, she gave me a smile and a look of mock-disapproval as she reached to fill my glass. "I've got something to. "Wow, nice car but what about my luggage?" In the trunk." How did you manage that?" You have to know people in high places," Olivia said as she peeled out of the garage and on to the interstate.Before Jamie had settled in good they exited the highway and after two blocks pulled into an underground garage below a high rise. "Other than your toiletries you might want to leave your luggage. I don't think we'll be going out. Of course I'm assuming you're not here for my scintillating repartee so I. Artistically sculptured grounds surrounded it. "Is that a house? Could we stop and look?" It is a house. I ... we ... do not have permission to enter it." The car accelerated again and moved away."If all your people are dead, why do you need permission?"There ensued one of those very long (for a computer) pauses."It is the law." But the people who made the laws are all dead."Silence.I looked at Romy. She was frozen, looking in my direction, but not at me. Did I say frozen? She was shaking.