The two women set off towards the school and on route gratefully accepted a lift from Lisa as she passed them. Lisa was quick to point out that she wa... a little concerned as to where Ted could have go off to, and could not help but wonder if something bad was about to happen.They arrived at school and none of Ted's mates had seen or heard from him, even the head master and Jethro had not seen him. Jethro grabbed sally's arm and pulled her away saying "Meet me behind the bike shed in ten. Because Jed had given his wife a good loving session on Sunday night, he let Monday evening pass without event. He figured though that Tuesday night he might have another go at Nina, just to keep her from being horny. Tueday came. Then lunch. At 1:15, Tom left. He did not announce his leaving, and Jed was unaware that his boss was nowhere around. Jed was working on the floor of the shop, supervising one of the projects when his phone buzzed. He checked the screen. It was from his boss. ‘Be at. " Tell you what, go to the rest room. When you come back, wait over by the bar for a minute, then you'll see who they're looking at. Believe me, it isn't you." Jerry got up. I noticed he was scowling at every other table of diners he passed. I took the opportunity, while Jerry was absent, to check with Cindy, to make sure she was doing all right. She said she was fine, but she looked a little nervous to me. I told her we'd finish dinner, take Jerry back to the hotel, then go back to the house.. They got brown sugar. Well, not brown sugar. Regular sugar, like, ‘cept it’s brown. Say it’s raw. Didn’t taste no different to me. Said it was the way sugar supposed to be.’ Old Silas laughed. ‘You think that’s true?’ he asked neither of us in particular. ‘You think God got a plan for a little thing like sugar? You think sugar got a destiny?’ After a long pause, Evan said, ‘I reckon.’ Whether he was answering about the sugar or still replying to the first question about the bullet, I couldn’t.