Did you ... did you two ... did you two do all this? Did you two girls tidy up all my mess and make it smell all so fresh again?”The mother and daug...ter looked at each other then turned to Jared and just smiled before the mother spoke, “Yes, yes we did! But look, before we go any further let me introduce ourselves. I am Gloria Benson and this is my sixteen year old daughter Vanessa. And thankyou very, very much for whatever it was you did yesterday. We both owe you a huge debt of gratitude -. I had just spent a week pulling a load from Oregon to Miami. I have already been sitting at the Pilot Truck stop for four days trying to get this load sorted out.I had had it, I needed to get out of the truck. I was going stir crazy. I had caught up on all the truck maintenance and cleaning and now I was watching reruns of just about everything on Netflix. I was annoyed, I had just purchased a truck and trailer so that I could start making more money and here I am, sitting waiting for someone. He craved water, kept asking and asking. Problem was the boy didn't know when he was going to find any to replace what little they carried on Jenny. The old mule could only handle one barrel. Towards the last Patrick had stopped giving his pa any water at all, not a sip, no matter how hard he begged. After all, a person had to take care of himself. Shoot, the old man knew as well as anybody, water was just about the most valuable possession a person could have out on the desert. Without it, you. .. there's just more gauges and lights to watch. That bothered Bill."There's too much to go wrong ... and it might not be gone wrong. I am reminded of a race car driver who was so far in the lead with 25 laps to go he was coming up on lapping second place for the second time. The car had a tach, an oil pressure gauge, water temperature gauge and a red glass covered light.The car owner and the chief mechanic both told him the oil temperature light was simply a precaution. They had never had a.
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