Jack wouldn't allow it. He approached us, that same spiteful look on his face. Before long, he was blocking our path."Get out of our way," Mr. Taylor ...aid in a voice so calm that it scared me."It's not over, Stephanie Taylor. It's not over," Jack stated bluntly."Get out of our way or I'll kill you where you stand," Mr. Taylor nearly shouted. What scared me the most was that I think he meant it.I didn't thing he would, but Jack complied, a devilish grin on his face. As we passed by, I nearly. Got herself a freezer, a washing machine and a dishwasher now.”As if conjured up by mention of her name, Mrs Calhoun appeared at the ranch door. “Calhoun, you old fool, where’s your manners. Quit your jabbering and invite those fine youngsters in.”Jo collected a basket from the jeep. “We brought these as a ‘thank you’”, she said as she handed the basket to Mrs Calhoun.We’d thought long and hard about taking a present with us. We wanted it to be something they’d enjoy but not too ostentatious.. But it's whatever, Dad. If you can't accept EJ, then you can't except me. We're going to be together. Nothing but that.”“If that's what you want to do, I can't stop you.”“That's exactly right, you can't. I hope you can learn to accept it. I'm going to go to back to England with Mom.”“Okay,”“I really do love you, Dad. But I can't be without EJ. I'm sorry if you don't agree.”“I love you, too, Courtney. I'll always be your Dad. No matter who your boyfriend is.”I gave him a hug and went and got. " Thanks," smiled Wendy and gave Yvonne a quick kiss. Public signs ofaffection were not normal. Any overt signs of affection were normallykept to the privacy of our rooms, so this was a rare thing to see.I sent a quick note to Mr Hobson, copying in Stacy: 'Issue with Russianteaching. Seems we are all speaking too formally. Only Jessica and Wendyhave noticed due to living in Russia for a time.'I got a message back from Stacy, "Thanks for copying me. There is aspecial meeting tonight for you,.