‘Will you be home?’ ‘Negative, operations,’ he said, ‘I’m 10-8 to Lincoln County. I’ll be on the air, and I’ve got my pager with me. O... you can land-line my daughter. You have the number.’ ‘Copy, A-1,’ the dispatcher said. ‘What…what was that all about?’ Ann asked. Martin looked over at her and smiled. ‘I got to thinking that if Lewis is as crazed as you say he is, he might just try breaking into your house,’ he told her. ‘Be nice if there were cops in the area if he did, don’t you think?’ Ann. "Wh-where am I?" The man's voice was weak, strained."Eerie... Eerie, Arizona," Jessie informed him. "They found you on thetrail and brung you into town." I'm in a town? Aren't you...an angel?"She smiled scornfully. The old man hadn't lost his Alabama accent, noteven after decades in Texas. The drawl came out in every word heuttered. "You 'spect to be seeing angels, codger?" she asked. "Don'tbe so sure. And I don't think I could get into His heavenly host unlessI started dressing like a. .."Ann laughed with Cindy. " Oh, baby, I've tried. He STILL wants beer and chips!" Oooo-kay, then ... let's feed 'em..." Cindy said.Jim and I waited for our wives to return, then the four of us sat ... Make that three of us. Cindy joined Bill and Teresa in adding to the sights and sounds, shooting rockets into the air."I didn't ask," I leaned over to Jim and Ann. "Were you guys planning on hanging around until midnight?" Can you stand it? "Ann asked. "That's what we were planning..." Okay,. She turned her face into the pillow to inhale Lunn’s strong masculine smell. She loved the spicy tones of his scent because it made her light-headed. She would love to be able to breathe in that scent every day.With a start, she realised that her belief system was weakening. Her mantra was to keep herself at arm’s length. It was simple but effective: better to be alone than suffer heartbreak.She had always been able to keep her feelings for him under control, but ever since Danette had dumped.