To her surprise Sophia had begun to genuinely care for Iliafray as she realised that Iliafray had no one else she could talk to and in many ways was ...n as bad a situation as Sophia, she even suspected that Iliafray had feelings for her although nothing had ever been said. Sophia settled down on a low bench in the bathroom and waited for her mistress to wake up and come for her bath. In the lounge Iliafray slowly returned to consciousness, she felt vastly better she was still sore and tired but. "Let's go Selena," Jacob said in his commanding by soft tone that reminded her of the sound of Muhammed Ali's voice, "we'll wake him up get some new ice packs on him and get some food in him.The nurse went to wake him and Jacob stopped her and opened his hand to Selena waving her to wake him instead. She huddled close to his face and kissed him and whispered.Groggily Joe opened his eyes and smiled and kissed her back before realizing where he was and the gravity of his surroundings."Let me help. Jason figured that he needed 10 of the shotguns, and he only had two on hand. Tomorrow, he would visit the gunsmith and order eight more of the shotguns. He had enough money to pay for them, but the question was whether or not they would arrive in time to do him and his men any good. He also needed to order more of those special shells.He told his plan to Janet, and she was excited that he was ordering enough for her to have one of the shotguns. At one time, she had been an avid bird hunter, so. This is nice." Good girl."We descended toward the others.When we were still about fifteen feet up and a similar distance to the side, Donna called out eagerly and way too loudly, "What's..." I pinched her lips hard enough to hurt, then released most of the pressure.I said quietly, "I've asked you several times to be careful, Donna. That was VERY bad!" I'm sorry. I forgot." Is that the excuse you intend to use after your lack of self-control gets us all killed?" It wasn't a particularly logical.