She pecked Deitrick on the lips before rushing for the front door. She was working a three day trip and was already looking forward to returning home....eitrick looked at the alarm clock and decided that 7:19 a.m. was too early to arise on a Saturday morning. He pulled a pillow over his eyes and drifted back to sleep.Across town, the extremely fit fifty-three old Rick Todd scanned the newspaper as he drank black coffee from a mug that read “World’s Best Granddad” and ate a prepackaged blueberry. I had wanted this, right?Damn, I had begged him for this. “Please Daddy,” I could still remember the desperation in my voice. “Take me further,” I had said. This man owned me. Owned me in a way no man had ever come close to. Usually, he was so caring, attentive, looking after my every need. But he knew. Hell, we both knew... there was a darkness in my soul, something unknown, hovering just below the surface, something dark and primal that I had been too frightened to look at for more than just. Helen noticed my demeanor. "No, nothin' about you an' Cindy. Nothin'. But she asked me if I was serious the other day when I said something about me takin' Cindy off her hands." You actually SAID that? To Donna?" Yeah. I get to be a gutsy ol' broad, you know. What's she gonna do? I let her live here for free. Anyways, she asked me how you make somethin' like that legal. An' I told her, it was a matter of a court order." She smiled. "An' one a'my husband's best huntin' buddies is the local. We need to check it out." An allowance? How much is that?" One percent of the interest?" Green board ... Green board. Helm? What course?" East south east by east," Rose said, "East south east by half east would be easier on the sails." Make it so," the Chief said. "I'm off to watch the boys fix that valve." Bye, Daddy." How much is that a year?" Do me a favor? Tell Andrea that."She handed the phone to Andie."Ok. What?" That much?" Andie was shocked, "A year? Every year until she's 25?" Mr..