" I put my hand on his and took the glass of water. I felt safe, taken care of, relaxed. Ben always made me feel that way when we were together. I...felt like I could breathe.After I finished drinking the water, Ben cajoled me outside with Max and we hopped in his car. I gave him directions to the park nearby. He figured walking the dog as we talked would help destress me and get Max some exercise. There were a few people out barbecuing, some throwing a frisbee, a couple roller-blading. . I spent the trip across working on my own. I think they will agree to it or at least incorporate it into theirs. Pietro will die for his actions. I should have killed him before I left but I worried that I would be forced to assume his position if I did. It was selfish and I put you in danger. I doubt you will be permitted to travel back to Longview." I will come back at least once," Eslada said. "I can't pack everything I want to keep and I doubt the ship could hold it if I did. To do it would. He seemed to be impressed.He told us that for a pair of neophyte entrepreneurs, he was surprised at how well thought-out our ambition was. He had no idea what it had taken to run our cattle ranch, but it was obviously more complex than he thought. He wanted a couple of days to look over the operation with me, and discuss how much investment was required to bring the station up to acceptable standards. That would be the key to how much to spend and how much to borrow.I had already scouted out. Emotionally she had been through a lot with David, her X husband who went from a nice enough guy to a dick when he got cancer.I lived a couple hundred miles out of Chicago now, in a more remote country setting and knew most of the stuff from the house could be used to furnish a cabin I was constructing deeper in the woods. I figured it would help her out and save me money buying things to furnish the cabin. So I told her I would be in the big windy the next day with a crew to take the bulk of.