“Don't worry.” he told us, if there's a market for those games, she'll find it, if there isn't, she'll make one.”We went back to our discussion.... Claudia worked her way through at least the introduction of each game. After much coffee and two large pizzas, Claudia ate half of one by herself, we were ready to pack it in for the night. Claudia asked when she could expect a phone on her desk and how much time she had to start creating an income. Conner said he could at least rig an extension. I told you if you did, that I’d marry Penny. I guess that’s what’s going to happen now!”“Yes!” Penny said.“This is not happening!” Alice protested. “I said it would happen over my dead body!”I squeezed Penny’s arm hoping she’d get the hint. She did.“I can arrange that, Mom!” she said fiercely.“I warned you, Alice,” I said. “I warned you. I think you have a big problem on your hands and you are NOT making me the bad guy!”She let out an exasperated sigh, “Please tell me you’re pulling my. Jefferson sighed, not wanting to delve into the topic before the meeting began. He’d arrived early, largely to get everyone riled up since he didn’t approve of Thomas’ plan to encourage this madwoman. However, after Thomas assigned him to organize the expedition, he was more introspective, planning how it might work.“It’s clearly a recipe for disaster,” he warned. “The woman walks in out of the blue, with a mass of undead strong enough to storm over us, and Thomas is ready to roll over and give. He realized that if he had a bow and some arrows that he could have taken care of the two men before they reached the cave. He shook his head in disgust. There were probably a dozen things he could have done to save her before the two men had entered the cave. The problem was that he still hadn’t come up with one thing that he could have done better.Not understanding, Erica shrugged her shoulders. She said, “How much longer will we have to stay here?”“I don’t know. If they aren’t done by noon,.