“Dad can help anyone who wants it. He is a very savvy businessman, Sis,” I said giving her a kiss, then kicking her away. “We got done more than... I had expected, let’s go home.”“Remember, you’re supposed to call first ... otherwise we may get home to find Mom on top of Dad in front of the TV,” she said.Chuckling, I called home, and Mom picked it up.“Hello, this is Joy?”“This is your oldest calling, Beautiful. Can Sari and I come home yet, or have you and Dad not yet taken your post coital shower. ”“I was ... fond of you,” Chaun admitted, glancing at me. “I thought I loved you. I did. But ... I hadn’t really discovered what it meant to love someone.”“I loved you,” she said fiercely, squeezing tight. “And I know you loved me Chaun.” She sounded so desperate as she looked up at him, fresh tears spilling down her cheeks. Tears fell down my cheeks. The poor woman. Her entire world was thrown upside down today. It must have been horrible hearing her husband say such callous words about her.. "The Winnebago pulled into a heavily used truck stop several miles up theroad. It took Dave Pettit a few minutes to find an empty parking space.When he did I was about to head in when Cassie Lawson stopped me and toldEddie and I, "Here, put on these wigs, they won't be looking for twobrunettes with hair past their shoulders."I did so as it hit me; they would almost certainly have the word out tothe local news media. Perhaps they would call us radicals or domesticterrorists or escaped mental. Then they made a start on cleaning out the cabin. Sue used Jake's new broom, still smiling to herself as she held on to the handle, while Jake used the nails he had bought to make a few repairs. He fastened the shelves back up, and using a strip of animal skin cut from one of Sue's captures, doubled over a couple of times, he made a hinge which he nailed to the door so it would open and shut. He also forced open the door at the back and did the same to that when he found those hinges had rotted.