The butterflies in my stomach were overwhelming. I glanced down the hallway. Oh My God!! I was now squirming in my kitchen chair. I could see my Dad c...ming back into view, his eyes absolutely beaming, and I distinctly heard the jingle of car keys. He had his arms behind his back, foolishly trying to hide my surprise. I sprang at him when he got into range. Oh Dad, you didnt!! I squealed in pure delight, hugging him, trying to reach around him and pry my present from those huge hands. It was no. The old roof had a lot of leaks. I designed a metal roof for the building.We had the exterior renovated.The bar and office and storage areas were made more modern.We changed the name of the place from Edna's Bar to Edna's Beauty Shop And Chainsaw Repair. Business after three months had more than tripled.Pam asked Clay if he was interested in any particular one now and then she wondered if he intended to marry or was he content being single.Clay replied that he was presently dating three nice. I shook my head, and hugged her close again, letting my eyes and body tell her that she didn’t need to worry, that I believed her and, above all, that she was safe. Almost without thinking I bent my head and pressed a kiss to the side of her face, letting my lips linger softly on her cheek, closing my eyes and relaxing with a renewed sense of rightness. It felt good to hold her in my arms, it felt like she belonged there, and I didn’t ever want to let her go. I felt her muscles tighten before. “Surprisingly, Powerball seems to have no use for racism or anti-Semitism. His vision appears to be a mixture of quasi-medieval thuggery and modified Calvinism, in which his own camp are the elect and everyone else is the damned. He also seems to glorify or romanticize the bygone days of Dutch colonial rule prior to the English conquest of New Netherland. He’s a very peculiar type of warlord,” Marcy elaborated, much to my surprise.“Any resistance to him?” I inquired now.“Limited ... and very.