"Do you mind if I go first?" No, I guess not."There were two conflicting things here, based on the way I'd been brought up. You don't cut in front of ...eople, you wait your turn, and you're always courteous to a lady. I wasn't in a hurry, so I let it go by. If it had been a guy, I probably would have said something.Nancy proceeded to ask what I thought of the mac and cheese, should she try the cake, should she get regular or chocolate milk, all kinds of things I had not idea of and could care. Then she didn’t come to the meeting.”“I did get a letter to say she was well but they had an odd sickness, and she was busy helping the sick. Now I find that my father is still slicing women up and even killing them for sport. Once I make sure Casey and Mica are not hurt or ill I’m going after him. I think he has fled Metalton for some reason. I need to know why.”Jay said, “Yes, I agree with your plan, but you should have waited for the rest of us. There is safety in numbers. With it just being. That might have something to do with the powerful odor they exuded. They seemed to have a language that consisted of soft hooting, grunts, and arm waving.Frank imagined that with such a simple existance, there might not be all that much to discuss. Once he got up and went into the bushes to pee, but they didn't pay him much attention, and there wasn't anywhere he could really go anyway, his boots were who knows how far away, back at his previous camp.He finished his business and returned to his. Both of them had a look of sheer terror on their faces, as if I was holding a gun on them both. I didn't wait for her excuse. I turned and walked into the living room and sat on the sofa, my mind reeling from what I had seen. I was sitting there, staring at the blank screen of our TV, when Debbie came in and sat next to me. “Baby,” she said, “I’m so sorry… I don’t know… no, never mind. Fuck it. Nothing I can say will ever change what I did or make it better. But I love you, I really do..