Hunting and logging was strictly forbidden, and those poachers who were caught wound up paying huge fines. The town fathers finally accepted defeat an... expanded the town in the other direction.Jerrod and his buddies hadn’t yet explored the woods north of the pond. Not that there was any particular reason not to, they’d just never gotten around to it.The day was pretty hot, probably in the low nineties, but the thick canopy of the deciduous forest knocked a few degrees off that. Jerrod, dressed. “Sure, your old more than ready, and without Ann it’s been getting hard to keep up with all the orders.”Rebecca still remembered her sister Ann’s last day working at the shop. It was the first time she had been allowed to watch her father work. She vividly remembered holding Ann’s hand as her father finished getting her ready, the calm look in Ann’s eyes as she watched their father lift the cleaver, and the way her hand had tightened on Rebecca’s momentarily as it came down through her slim. They quieted down and then Dad and his brothers did, too. I decided to say something quickly. “Guys, we need to talk about what we need to do right now to get power to everyone’s house and see if that can be done. When Shirley and I were working on this, we picked up a generator that was sufficient and it’s still at our house. There were three more at the same store. I’m sure there are others in Carrollton but someone will have to go after them along with gas or diesel to make them run. That’s. ” Said Ex. “Sorry again but yeah, I’ve been running every day. Generally around this time but haven’t seen you. I thought maybe you were spinning me a line when you said you run every day.”“No!” Exclaimed Alyssa, “I don’t always run at the same time during vacation. We girls need our beauty sleep don’t you know.”“You beauty sleep, I doubt it” said Ex, “look,” he said gathering his courage, “I was wondering if you might like to catch dinner this evening and maybe a movie if your not busy?” Ex.