She's a year younger than you, having just started her Senior year of high school while you were gone at college. You didn't expect to see her here wh...n you came back, since your parents had told you that they and Sarah would be gone on a trip that would last through the first week of your break. If you'd known she'd be here, you might not have bothered coming back at all."What's up, bro?" she asks, leaning against a counter. Her straight, blonde hair reaches down a few inches past her. With the kind of neck a goose has, that’s a lot of parts. Jack suddenly felt like he was being attacked by a whole flock of geese.He stuffed the egg in his pocket and grabbed for the goose’s beak. Running to the loose board he hit it hard with his shoulder, eliciting a groan from himself and a muffled squawk from the goose, who jerked her beak from his hand in the process.“WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE?!” came a stentorian bass voice loudly from the house.Mortimer stepped out the back door. He. I got out of bed cautiously to avoid waking him and got dressed. I went to the kitchen and drank several large glasses of water and felt a little better.I put on my coat, walked back to my place, took two aspirin, and went to bed. I slept all day Saturday, waking up in the late afternoon. I looked at my cell phone and saw there were six texts, all from Dieter. They sounded increasingly worried, so I texted him back that I was home and fine. * One of things I’ve learned about men is that once. Hehad taken residence in the master bedroom but he still had no power orwater. On the morning of the third day Mark drove himself downtown tothe Charleston courthouse. He wanted to know if there were anyhistorical documents related to the building and, hopefully findblueprints or licensing documents that showed where the water and powercame into the home. Luck was with Mark and he soon walked out with acopy of blueprints from the early 1800's, change orders, licenses, maps,and finally a history.