The mule was on his last legs, so they stripped what they had to have from the pack, pulled the pack frame off the mule, and turned it loose. Hopefull..., it would survive, but they didn't have any more time to spend worrying about it.They arrived at the ranch and found everything to be in good shape. Adam stopped off at the ranch, but Ethel pushed on to town. She headed directly for the bank and got there just after the robbery that she had feared. She checked and found that Jonas had been out. Tom’s head slumped down between his shoulders and thought, ‘well I guess it was good while it lasted.’ Tom undressed and slipped into the shower depressed now more than ever. He shaved and brushed his teeth and then walked out to his bed and pulled back the comforter of the bed. He noticed that it was 7:27 pm but for him it was actually 10:27 pm as he just flew in from the east coast. He desperately needed a vacation as he hasn’t had one in the past three years since he started stalking. They should be able to either fix the leak or sell me a new tire. The past two months had been nothing but one kick in the ass after another for Ray Blanton. He had filed divorce papers and separated from his wife of eight years. She had been cheating on him and he had to face that fact. She had also been very brazen and open about it. His friends had warned him as far back as when he had first started dating her that Becky was a tramp. He had gotten into more than one fight defending her. “Almost forgot Sam, Steven asked me to give you these” She said holding two tickets to a party at a club in a few months time. I knew the kind of party it would be as soon as I saw them, I wasn't hugely interested in going at the time since I never went to lots of big parties, but I took the tickets anyway. 'Well, I've done a lot I usually wouldn't, recently' I thought as I put them in the bag with my purchases. “Thanks, it's good to see you back, I'll see you around Rebecca.” “You to Sam, see.