It sort of felt like charity, but I also knew I would need money for what I would do in the near future in aiding Elsa. I eventually rationalized it a... advance payment for the costs I would incur in supporting Elsa.While I wasn’t a pauper, I certainly wasn’t wealthy before I went to Switzerland with Elsa. Having a veritable fortune in the Cayman Islands was nice, but I would have problems explaining the sudden wealth in my Cayman checking account to the IRS. Elsa’s idea of calling the money a. Only when that was done did I call out, "Everybody ok?"It was Ronnas that said, "None of us look hurt."I used my horse to carry the man after he was frisked for weapons. Galdem had another living prisoner though he was in bad shape. I had to throw Jonnas' prize on a horse and tie him down because he was dead.It took ten minutes to get back because we were walking and leading the horses. The girls had policed the camp and sorted bodies. One other group would probably die and the last group. I loudly asked where my wife was, and people began pointing to the area they had seen her last. I was being loud enough to let the other guy know I was on my way, hoping he would leave. It worked, and when I finally got to where my wife was, she was standing alone. She looked like a deer in headlights. I walked up and kissed her on the cheek and said I was so sorry I was late. I explained getting caught up at the office, the coffee spill on my costume, etc. Then I asked her if she had been. School was out from just before Christmas until just after New years Day. We still had to work, but that gave us a bit of free time. It was during this period that Lexie and Terece asked if they could come out to visit us. Actually they asked Steph, not me.We didn't have much room, but Lexie and Terece didn't mind sleeping on the love seats in the living room. That's the only furniture we had there, two love seats with a table between them. They were going to stay for five days.When they.