"Her, what did you call them, plastic friends have all abandoned her. Looking at the charges at the club and elsewhere told me that I was footing the ...ill for most of the outings. She is low on gas and has no cash. Along as she is at the house, she eats well and has television and Internet. She has sent some ill-advised emails to me. I have copied my lawyer on them. She has even made threats."I do have a favor to ask. Brad, would you drive over to the house one afternoon and listen and talk. If. “Have a seat Adrienne,” he said as my heart quickly sank to the very bottom of my chest, “we have something to discuss.”He knew.That was all I could think, over and over. Jack owned the company — would it matter if we were being bad? It must or we wouldn’t be having this meeting at all. Maybe he wanted to put an end to it and he chose the most bizarre method imaginable?Nate cleared his throat and dropped the bomb, “Adrienne, we’ve had some complaints from the staff about your wardrobe. The. He said they were from the Oto and I told him I was Cherokee. He asked what I was doing here, so I told him I was the scout for a wagon train of whites that were going through to the big waters far to the west.He didn't seem thrilled that we were going through the Oto territory, but I didn't detect any hostility either. All in all I didn't feel badly about my first encounter with these people.Before he left, he told me that there was a good camping site four of five miles ahead and said it was. "My sobbing began to ease off and Fiona gently stroked my hair andmurmured, "You needed that, Jamie. You needed to discover who you reallyare."I had stopped crying by now and I tried to raise myself from the floor. Icouldn't as my hands were still bound.I tried to speak but all I could do was to cough and splutter. I clearedmy throat and tried again, "Please untie me, please" Sorry love, I can't do that yet. A few more things to do first."She put her hands under my arms and helped me to my.