But perhaps it was a little more complicated than that. I was providing for Aurelia and Marcus everything that they needed. They had a good life alrea...y. What motivation did Marcus have to get a good education, to achieve something in his life?Perhaps he felt I would provide for him no matter how he did at school. I certainly didn’t want to be complicit in turning him into some spoiled brat. Of course, it was equally possible none of these things had even occurred to him.Perhaps what Marcus. Had the strike been a foot higher or a foot closer to center Trisha and I would have had company in the cockpit. The smell from the half roasted bird was terrible. Turkey buzzards are one of nature's foulest smelling creatures when they are alive and this one's odor certainly hadn't improved in its afterlife.As soon as we were on the ground we removed the M16 and M9s from the storage area. We had no maps of the area but I had hunted and fished this area in the past and so had some idea where we. 'Sorry!' said the young girl radio operator. 'There is at least an hour wait.''Damn!' I said mentally kicking myself for not booking a cab. The girlsaid that we could wait in the back room by the fire, it being such a cold night. In the room another couple were also waiting. I sat Trish down on the couch next to them and I took the only other seat, a rather battered armchair. We had only been there a couple of minutes when the young girl came and told the other couple that their cab had. Dani had called Franklin as soon as his office was open. At her insistence, he had made a time to meet with her. ‘I thought she lost custody because she was an unfit mother,’ Dani said. ‘That’s right.’ Franklin shuffled some papers on his desk. ‘But that was over a year ago, and her circumstances may have changed. With Ben gone, Julie is Sean’s only biological parent, and if she can prove that her parenting skills have improved- say she’s gone to parenting classes or something- the court would.