We had anticipated not seeing profits for a minimum of ten years. It turned profits immediately.The C5s were bringing massive loads of gold and uncut ...iamonds to Morton each month. They were still digging up gold they had hidden from the prince and his henchmen and would be for at least another year. Only then would the miners move to the gold seams that had been found in the appraisal.We were spending tons of money in the beginning hiring back the three thousand miners that would call the town. Kristina even spotted my younger brother Stephen, running in a pack with a bunch of his buddies, as they raced toward the Tilt-A-Whirl. It was an easy pattern to fall into, and I remembered with a rush just how much fun Kristina and I had been having, just a few short weeks prior. Maybe our friendship could be salvaged. I hoped so.The carnival stopped the rides at 11:00 PM, and by then, there were just the high-school kids left. The younger kids had all gone home, and the older ones found. This time was no different. His mere action of holding me made the pain slowly subside. The last tears were running down my cheeks as I crawled under my sheets. My Dad closed the door before sitting down on the bed right next to me, and stroking my hair with his hand. “I'm all ears,” he said. I sniffed two or three times before saying anything. “Like I said... I'm in love with Dale... And he's got Laura. And he's so happy with her... And he doesn't know... And...” With every word I said, I felt. “Oh, baby, that feels really good,” he said in a low tone. “You’re sucking Daddy so good!” Mary looked over at her husband and daughter and smiled. She wasn’t jealous of the way Jill brought such pleasure to Dan. Mary and Dan had talked about it when he first decided to start doing sexual things with their daughter. He explained that he wasn’t going to fuck the girl—only blow-jobs. And he assured her that she shouldn’t feel jealous, because Dan adored his wife’s lush curves, her wide hips, big.