Alice kissed Missa’s forehead before turning to leave the room. She noticed a shadow in the doorway and smiled at Aidan. Putting a finger over h...r lips, she walked towards him and motioned him into the sitting room. When she reached where Aidan was standing, Alice grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to the other room. “I’ve put the food and cheese in the frig if you’re still hungry. Missa will sleep until morning. I would like to take a quick shower, but feel free to make. "Oh my, a walking, talking kid. Now this is what's important. All of the bull that went on earlier was just that, bull. Nothing matters but what I have on the mountain right now. Millie told me, "Go help Mom with the table while I mess with supper and check on John."I asked Mom, "What can I do to help?"She smiled. "Lift one end, and Marita and I will lift the other. We'll flip it over and stand it up." We did that and Mom stood back and smiled. She looked around at all the people who were. Brother was simply too uptight to learn to master his equipment. Plus, I didn’t think he’d be game for screwing me in front his wife – he’d be too scared that she’d find out we’d done it before. Now, I know what you’re thinking. How could I do this to my girl? Thing is, a few years back Kareem had gotten a big promotion and the extra cash he was bringing in went straight to his head like a fine wine. Instead of buying his wife well deserved trinkets and baubles, this fool was tripping out on. ’ ‘That makes it even better, Tom!’ the first young man said as he jumped onto his friend’s bed, ‘come on lazy bones, get up, wash, shave and dress, it’s been snowing all night!’ ‘Let me sleep, you monster, I hate the snow, I hate the cold, I hate it here in the mountains most of all!’ ‘Ha! Look, there are fresh tracks up the track from the village, I bet the butcher’s been and Connie’s cooking our breakfast, because I can smell bacon!’ ‘You can always smell bacon. I don’t know where you put it.