The door opened, revealing the ex-village elder, Master Samuel, who entered the room as Neelam's servant began drying him off. Neelam slowly turned to...ard the elder and smiled."Yes?" Neelam commanded."The wagon is ready, my lord," Master Samuel announced, bowing low."Excellent," Neelam replied. "I am glad that you are here. I have decided to reinstate you to your previous post as village elder. You will report to me in Rockyvale. Have the villagers and the sheriff waiting when I leave the inn.". ”“Will do,” he said.“Carter,” I said quickly, before he hung up.“Yeah?”“If they put hands on her, I want you to go in and get her out. I’ll pay whatever I have to in legal fees and you’ll be taken care of. But I won’t let her be beat on by those people.”There was a long pause, and then he replied, “Understood.”Hanging up I first dialed Zoe’s cell phone. I could hear Vicki in the background and they were in a good mood.“Where are you?” I asked, interrupting her greeting.“Vicki’s house,” she. Marcy had already signed; all that was lacking was mine. Jenny had initialed that all the legal stuff was in order, Marcy on the financial terms and included the loan agreement for financing of the equipment with Midwest. I signed on all the arrows and check marks.The next folder was informational. Courtney had authorized a change in the start date for part of the new hires. She had called all of them and found enough of them willing to start early to have a token security force at Frost. But he was prepared. He had to be. Kay insisted that they have the meeting in the living room. She needed to get out of the bedroom for a while. With a lot of talking and pleading Luca finally agreed. He set up the couch for her and carried her out. Tom was waiting patiently.He stood when Luca walked into the room. He had a smile on his face. “You look good Kay.”“Thank you, Tom. You must be busy lately. Haven’t seen too much of you.”Luca put her down on the couch.“Yes, I have been busy working.