But just so you’ll know. I am doing what I can to get him out of prison as soon as possible,” said Carlton.“Oh my God,” said Kari. “My bio-d...d is a killer!”“And my savior,” said Lea.“Okay, Mom, Dad, I understand. I will keep my word,” said Kari. The two adults nodded.When one has about as much money as God, one can get things done in a hurry. The adoption, all parts of it took, two months, unheard of even in cowboy country, also known as Arizona. The happiest kid in the state was without a. He said there were five couples and two single men. I asked, 'Why are there two single men here, I though this was a couples only party?"John told me that they always invited a couple more men than women because it takes men longer to recover than the women. So the extra men make sure all of the women go home satisfied. John handed me a drink and told me to relax, that the things would get started in about a half hour. John introduced me to the guys and we all began discussing the basketball. We would talk about school, other kids, who was dating who, but nothing serious. I was concentrating on my grades. I was the most improved student in the ninth grade. All my teachers said so. When report cards came out for the third marking period I had four A's and two B's. I had to get my grades up if I ever wanted to get to college. I needed to qualify for scholarships and financial aid if I wanted to go.One week end, I helped Mom bring down the laundry into the basement. That's where the. We finally found a warehouse with high skylight windows, some broken. We broke up crates and pallets to give us firewood and closed the horses and ourselves up for the night. Because of our location, we were not able to contact Preservation. Antennas don't work through metal roofs!Our travel was through heavily populated areas before the Day. There were parks but not much land available for farming. We found and followed I-95. This was good and bad. Good because it followed the coast but bad.