” her face fell. “I was born here, Mr. Craig.”“Resh,” I said.Her face flushed. “R-Resh,” she said, then inclined her head. “My mother ...as sent here for some crime, and she had me. IT wasn’t so bad, but ... she died a few months ago.” She sighed, quietly. “Since then, Thorovald Two Stones has been my ... ward.”I recalled what the guard had mentioned. About five days and nights with ‘the wench’ being the reward he offered. I growled, low in my throat, my fingers clenching and the sound caused. They finally broke the hug and she and Lisa stood back, sizing Billy up, their faces glowing with affection.Strange thoughts were running through Laura's mind. She had not expected Billy to be so big--so manly and mature. The thought suddenly flashed across her mind that he would soon be a man, and she would lose him again! But she pushed the thought from her mind. He was here now, and they had good years ahead of them.But, God--he reminded her so much of his father in a way that Laura didn't. First, with my b*****r, then a guy named Donny, who lived at the next farm. Before I go any further, no, this is not a big i****t story about what hayseeds do on the farm, those episodes were just part of the learning process. And even if it was a farm, some country folk considered us to be city people because we were just thirty minutes outside of Little Rock. Another note about the farm: we weren’t poor farmers either. My parents were fairly wealthy. We raised horses mainly, but had a large. ........................................................................................It was a good neighborhood for Moscow but like a lot of the city it was tired and run down. A group of homeless people stood around an improvised brazier trying to warm themselves with a small piece of burning wood. The harvest had been poor this year and hundreds of people come to the city from the country looking for work. Now a bitter winter had descended trapping many of them on the freezing streets. As.