He continued down the stairs and out onto the boardwalk.Jase looked across the street to a bank as he stepped off the board walk and between his two h...rses. He saw a very nervous acting cowboy type pacing a few steps up and down the boardwalk on that side. Suddenly, Jase heard a shot, followed closely by two more.The shots seemed to come from the bank building. The shots galvanized the nervous gent into startled action as he drew his pistol and took a shot in Jase's direction. The man was too. Fuck, that was a good dream… I rolled over, only for something to get in the way. I looked down, and sighed at myself. Morning wood, of course. That always seemed to happen when I dreamt of her… It’d go away soon enough. I rose from bed and ran my fingers back over my head, smoothing my fur. My ears perked forward and I turned to face my bedroom mirror. Staring back at me was an image I took great pride in keeping up. Thick and glossy mahogany fur, solid except for the lighter color on my face. " They laughed.I said, "It looks like you don't get lonely here."The engineer said, "You hit it on the head. Good food and nice surrounding, but best of all, there are nice people and a sense of community. I'm encouraged to stay active."Grandfather said, "I wish it weren't so far to Fairhope." It is much closer to Mobile and medical facilities, because we are close to the bridge to Mobile; but it is thirty minutes from Fairhope."Grandfather said, "I would miss sitting on the porch and watching. When I returned with the third bottle, William was grinning from ear to ear and Sarah was blushing.I finished the water in the last bottle quickly, closed my eyes, and starting breathing heavily, as if I was sleeping. My wife and my brother were whispering quietly as they turned out the living room lights and went down the hallway to the bedroom. Both of them knew that I would be out for the night: dead to the world.I waited for about twenty minutes and then walked down to the bedroom. The door.