I stopped for more coffee at McDonald's on the way to Dobson. I didn't get out of the car with so many weapons in it. I just sat in the car with the e...gine and heater running, while I drank the most of it. With less than half a cup left I headed to the gun shop and from there to their range behind the shop.Since I had bought so many weapons from them they gave me use of the range at a reduced price. The five dollar charge included the spotter scope so I wouldn't have to walk down range every. .. we'd both got into expecting that somehow we were going to get together – that it would all be really simple and easy and stuff – and, somehow, it just hasn't been. I mean, since her ex-partner died, she's been up here, then I was in hospital, then we had the Big Crisis meeting and ... well, after that it was all going to be OK, wasn't it?"I paused while Kath waited, looking a trifle exasperated, thinking back to the evening we'd spent with Carla's Hal, immediately after he'd pitched up at. ’ ‘Where’s my father?’ ‘Did you just question another of your father’s decisions?’ ‘No I didn’t, please forgive me sir.’ ‘I’ll think about it. I’ll ask him what the punishment is for that offense.’ ‘Please don’t, I’ll do anything, but don’t tell him I questioned his decision.’ His voice became very authoritative. ‘I said I think about it. Did you have fun with me at the airport?’ ‘It was just a test.’ ‘That was not my question. Did you have fun with me?’ ‘Yes sir, we did.’ ‘Do you want to guess. Everyone is free to stay or leave as they like,” she chuckled, then her eyes narrowed, and she tilted her head to one side. “Well, maybe not everyone.”She nodded her head toward me. “Your unexpected arrival at Liberty has the society in a tizzy. Even if offered in error, as a point of honor, Sheila would not send you away after granting sanctuary.” Seraina fidgeted and played with a braid of her hair.“Assuming that we get out of this fix alive, what’s going to happen when we, or I, return to.