Then I asked him how many hands they had, and how many he thought would stay when I took over. He snorted. “There’s close to fifty, but prob’ly ...wenty of them just loaf around. Boss refused to fire them, though. I figure when you show up, they’ll all leave, along with maybe ten more. You better try rounding up hands while we’re here.”He told me they were in town for their monthly supply run. I asked, and he said he had a list, so I told him to fill it. He asked where the money was coming from.. You know the thoughts I mean, what I wish I was doing, what I want to show her, what I want to make her feel. She should know, but I can't being myself to wake her, to disrupt this vision in front of me. Wait, my phone, why not tell her what I am thinking? She can read it tomorrow. Opening my phone I start to type some messages.I watch you as you sleep, wantingto hold you. Wanting to touch you and make you feel what I feel as I watch you sleep.I decide not to send a long message, just short. The neighbors tended to just stop by and start helping with whatever needed doing. Probable because I made sure everyone was fed.Before leaving two days later I gave a heavy purse to John and Ann just in case of emergencies. I also gave John what I called the budget purse. It was enough to cover the expenses while I was gone. The weapons that I had taken from the Shaffer’s had not been reported stolen so I had modified two of the swords and two daggers.I had been right about the metal being. Perks of being an admissions intern. Favor from yours truly." His face was beaming with joy."Funny, because I moved all my stuff here last week." I raised an eyebrow while holding a three pin key."Funny, because I spent ten hours of my free time this week moving you in" he tossed a seven pin key to me and began walking. Five buildings down and four staircases up, he unlocked a door to apartment 7154. It looked like an apartment from an advertisement. Everything was spotless. "I did the liberty.