"Really? Me too! You are the one and only for me Janice."They kissed again passionately but were soon interrupted by a knock at the door. Christine qu...ckly stepped away from Janice. Janice fixed her dress and took a deep breath."Come in," Janice said.Karen walked in with a stack of messages. She looked around as if she suspected something."Yes, Karen?" Janice asked trying to get her attention."I have these messages for you and Judge Creighton called and said the MCclowe case was settled out of. The terrain rolled gently and the trees were thinning. Grasses, as high as their thighs in some places, began to dominate the landscape. Flocks of ground dwelling birds flew from their hidden nests when Taima and Manahay drew too close. Once in a while, Taima would chance an arrow if the covey was very close. They heard howling in the far distance and once in awhile the yowl of a feline predator, but none seemed to draw too near.They reached the mountain that rose alone from the plains.. Danni could be such a slob for having such an impeccable body. She’d spend hours on herself and not a minute cleaning anything up. She always had somewhere to go, someone to see, or something to do. He got in the shower, turning the water to hot.She could be a colossal bitch sometimes. He’d never known her to not be calling him or Em something, tossing an insult or a heavy object at him. He wondered if she acted that way around any of her myriad of friends. Was that her role in her group of. ”We were up waiting for Mike the next morning when dad woke up, grouchy and hung over. Sarah offered to make him breakfast and he just growled. She asked him if he wanted her to stay with him, but he shook his head no. He was depending on us to provide his gambling money. The fact that he came back to the tent broke three days in a row didn’t seem to bother him, he’d say it just wasn’t his night.Mike pulled up and we jumped in before he came out of the tent. My bandage hit Sarah on the face.