I got the clinic where Reggie worked and left a message for her to call me at home at her earliest convenience.Five minutes later the phone rang and I...saw it was Reggie's cell number. I answered in my best Ted Baxter voice. Only to hear an I Love You come out of the phone. I asked what brought that on.She had just heard about a motorcycle accident on 15 South. She didn't know what was going on since she wasn't on call for the day. She went down anyway and saw two guys being taken into treatment. " "As I said, I'll be patient, up to a point. They are easy to follow. You will learn that there is more freedom within clearly defined boundaries than when there are none. Having limitless expectations placed upon you can be stifling." She nodded as if in deep thought then paused on the path winding through the wooded park. Two children rode by on bicycles, ringing the bells. I picked a flower for her and turned her toward me. Placing it in her hair as she gazed up at me, I quietly asked her. She got the door open and went on downstairs, after giving the fake penis on her bed a last longing look. ‘Maybe I’m really not supposed to use that thing,’ she thought. ‘Maybe I’m being punished.’ Downstairs, she went to the kitchen and put some water on the stove to heat. A cup of hot chocolate would be nice. There was coffee on for Mitch, but Melissa preferred hot chocolate. Actually, she could use a drink. A strong one. A knock sounded on the kitchen door. Melissa opened it and Mitch came. The hand pumps were changed out for generators and mechanical pumps. Generators would also provide electricity for some modern comforts in the house like a good refrigerator and lights, though Jake had decided that lights were not going to be something he would use often. He was hoping to be a daylight to sunset guy, much like the previous owners had been. If they could do it, he thought he certainly could.The barn was rebuilt in the ‘80s. The house had been remodeled more recently and was.