The stress of which she didn't need, because of a medical condition, she had gone on an extended vacation. Don started laughing and Sam did hit him on...the arm, not very hard, to get him to stop but she was smiling despite herself.Don stayed for another week with Sam. He had shown her everything that the house had to offer as well as the fact that they were on the coast. It was beautiful to watch the sun go down, especially together. Sam realized that she was having trouble trying not to think. Need to make the taco seasoning for the ground beef, the ground beef itself, guacamole, she said she wanted to make Mexican rice, refried beans, which means the bacon has to—“Hey, Alaina,” Laura said as she came into the kitchen, her voice slightly softer than it had been.Alaina looked up and struggled not to stare, failing instantly. Her lips parted slightly as her eyes roamed.Laura was wearing a pair of black yoga pants. The ends of the pant legs came down to flutter loosely over white socks,. I showed the message to Benny and gave me a shit eating grin and said, “sorry bro,” but said I didn’t have anything to worry about because he had plenty of clothes for me. I responded back to my wife and told her not to worry, Benny had clothes to share with me. We arrived at our secluded cabin, emptied the truck and prepared the boat for fishing. We loaded up the cooler, headed out to the lake and spent the remainder of the day fishing. We did quite well and had some of our catch for dinner. It was decided that all the 10th tier sisters would help with the first day's groups.I took Linda aside at some point and said, "Honey the next time you earn extra stokes while trying to save the life of either myself or one of your sisters, tell me. I am not that cruel"."Yes Sir. Sorry Sir. It is our job to put our butts on the line for the sake of our sisters".She had the same doubtful scared look that Paula had. I decided not to press her because conversations like this seemed to have the.