Ragged cheering swept through the ranks at Fort Reno, and Jefferson smiled at Seth and took the boy's hand in his huge, callused grasp. Seth thought h...e saw a tear in the big man's eye and wondered why it was there."We did it Seth, by damn," he said. "Your brother'll be so proud of you. And yer momma, too. You an' me, we stopped them Rebs, boy. Tell you the truf, when I seed that big dus' cloud this mornin', well, I thought we was on a fool's journey. Yassuh, didn't think we had a chance. Them. The feds want to talk to me about the pilot, who hired him and why, as well as other things that I can’t answer. How do I handle this all?”The silence told me that Danielle was processing that instead of tying herself in knots about what had happened. That would move the ball ahead as far as getting Uncle off of my back. My pilot could have been a crossdressing, alcoholic, peeping Tom who suffered from psoriasis as far as I knew. I didn’t want to cause any problems for anyone, so I stayed in. "Kay!" I replied with enthuse, my eyes wandering around my immediatesurroundings, my mind already wondering what mischief might be had inthe immediate vicinity. I spied a fat lady lying on a towel lying on thesandy beach just a ways away and considered running up and poking her.I was saved from such an embarrassing act by, "Here you go."Looking up I saw the concessions server girl...or whatever she was,handing a blue snow cone towards me. Aha! This is what I came for!Grabbing it, I scampered. Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes why don't you go take a shower and put on a fresh change of clothes, ' she said.I went up and shaved and showered, and put on some clean clothes. I came downstairs to a wonderful dinner. She served one of my favorite meals, pot roast, where the meat just falls apart, with roasted carrots and potatoes with gravy and a nice salad.She had apple pie with ice cream for dessert.I loaded my plate with meat potatoes, and carrots, and I layered the gravy over all.